Nuclear and Particle Physics

  1. Particle Physics Fundamentals
    1. Elementary Particles
      1. Particle Classification
        1. Fermions
          1. Quarks
            1. Leptons
              1. Spin-1/2 Properties
              2. Bosons
                1. Gauge Bosons
                  1. Scalar Bosons
                    1. Spin Properties
                  2. Quarks
                    1. Quark Flavors
                      1. Up Quark
                        1. Down Quark
                          1. Charm Quark
                            1. Strange Quark
                              1. Top Quark
                                1. Bottom Quark
                                2. Quark Properties
                                  1. Electric Charge
                                    1. Color Charge
                                      1. Mass
                                        1. Weak Isospin
                                        2. Quark Confinement
                                          1. Color Confinement
                                            1. Asymptotic Freedom
                                              1. Quark-Gluon Plasma
                                            2. Leptons
                                              1. Charged Leptons
                                                1. Electron
                                                  1. Muon
                                                    1. Tau
                                                    2. Neutrinos
                                                      1. Electron Neutrino
                                                        1. Muon Neutrino
                                                          1. Tau Neutrino
                                                          2. Lepton Properties
                                                            1. Mass Hierarchy
                                                              1. Lepton Number
                                                                1. Weak Interactions
                                                              2. Hadrons
                                                                1. Mesons
                                                                  1. Quark-Antiquark Bound States
                                                                    1. Pseudoscalar Mesons
                                                                      1. Vector Mesons
                                                                        1. Meson Multiplets
                                                                        2. Baryons
                                                                          1. Three-Quark Bound States
                                                                            1. Nucleons
                                                                              1. Hyperons
                                                                                1. Baryon Multiplets
                                                                                2. Exotic Hadrons
                                                                                  1. Tetraquarks
                                                                                    1. Pentaquarks
                                                                                      1. Glueballs
                                                                                  2. Fundamental Interactions
                                                                                    1. Strong Interaction
                                                                                      1. Quantum Chromodynamics
                                                                                        1. Color Symmetry
                                                                                          1. Gluon Exchange
                                                                                            1. Running Coupling Constant
                                                                                            2. Confinement and Asymptotic Freedom
                                                                                              1. Beta Function
                                                                                                1. Scale Dependence
                                                                                                2. Chiral Symmetry
                                                                                                  1. Spontaneous Breaking
                                                                                                    1. Goldstone Bosons
                                                                                                  2. Electromagnetic Interaction
                                                                                                    1. Quantum Electrodynamics
                                                                                                      1. Photon Exchange
                                                                                                        1. Feynman Diagrams
                                                                                                          1. Renormalization
                                                                                                          2. Fine Structure Constant
                                                                                                            1. Running of Alpha
                                                                                                              1. Vacuum Polarization
                                                                                                            2. Weak Interaction
                                                                                                              1. Charged Current Interactions
                                                                                                                1. W Boson Exchange
                                                                                                                  1. Flavor Changing
                                                                                                                  2. Neutral Current Interactions
                                                                                                                    1. Z Boson Exchange
                                                                                                                      1. Flavor Conserving
                                                                                                                      2. Electroweak Unification
                                                                                                                        1. Weinberg-Salam Model
                                                                                                                          1. Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking
                                                                                                                        2. Gravitational Interaction
                                                                                                                          1. General Relativity
                                                                                                                            1. Spacetime Curvature
                                                                                                                              1. Equivalence Principle
                                                                                                                              2. Quantum Gravity
                                                                                                                                1. Graviton Hypothesis
                                                                                                                                  1. Planck Scale Physics
                                                                                                                              3. Symmetries and Conservation Laws
                                                                                                                                1. Continuous Symmetries
                                                                                                                                  1. Energy Conservation
                                                                                                                                    1. Time Translation Invariance
                                                                                                                                      1. Noether's Theorem
                                                                                                                                      2. Momentum Conservation
                                                                                                                                        1. Space Translation Invariance
                                                                                                                                        2. Angular Momentum Conservation
                                                                                                                                          1. Rotational Invariance
                                                                                                                                        3. Discrete Symmetries
                                                                                                                                          1. Parity
                                                                                                                                            1. Space Inversion
                                                                                                                                              1. Parity Violation in Weak Interactions
                                                                                                                                              2. Charge Conjugation
                                                                                                                                                1. Particle-Antiparticle Symmetry
                                                                                                                                                  1. C Violation
                                                                                                                                                  2. Time Reversal
                                                                                                                                                    1. Motion Reversal
                                                                                                                                                      1. T Violation
                                                                                                                                                    2. Combined Symmetries
                                                                                                                                                      1. CP Symmetry
                                                                                                                                                        1. Combined Parity and Charge Conjugation
                                                                                                                                                          1. CP Violation
                                                                                                                                                          2. CPT Theorem
                                                                                                                                                            1. Fundamental Symmetry
                                                                                                                                                              1. Lorentz Invariance
                                                                                                                                                            2. Internal Symmetries
                                                                                                                                                              1. Flavor Symmetries
                                                                                                                                                                1. Isospin
                                                                                                                                                                  1. SU(3) Flavor
                                                                                                                                                                    1. Quark Mixing
                                                                                                                                                                    2. Color Symmetry
                                                                                                                                                                      1. SU(3) Color
                                                                                                                                                                        1. Color Confinement
                                                                                                                                                                        2. Gauge Symmetries
                                                                                                                                                                          1. Local Gauge Invariance
                                                                                                                                                                            1. Gauge Transformations

                                                                                                                                                                      Previous

                                                                                                                                                                      4. Nuclear Fission and Fusion

                                                                                                                                                                      Go to top

                                                                                                                                                                      Next

                                                                                                                                                                      6. The Standard Model