Nuclear and Particle Physics

  1. The Standard Model
    1. Gauge Theory Framework
      1. Gauge Invariance
        1. Local Gauge Transformations
          1. Phase Transformations
            1. Gauge Fields
            2. Gauge Fixing
              1. Gauge Choices
                1. Faddeev-Popov Ghosts
              2. Symmetry Groups
                1. U(1) Symmetry
                  1. Electromagnetic Gauge Group
                    1. Hypercharge
                    2. SU(2) Symmetry
                      1. Weak Isospin
                        1. Left-Handed Doublets
                        2. SU(3) Symmetry
                          1. Color Symmetry
                            1. Strong Interactions
                          2. Standard Model Group
                            1. SU(3) × SU(2) × U(1)
                              1. Product Group Structure
                                1. Gauge Couplings
                                2. Gauge Bosons
                                  1. Photon
                                    1. W and Z Bosons
                                      1. Gluons
                                  2. Electroweak Theory
                                    1. Electroweak Unification
                                      1. Weinberg-Salam Model
                                        1. Unified Description
                                          1. Mixing Angle
                                          2. Gauge Bosons
                                            1. W± Bosons
                                              1. Z Boson
                                                1. Photon
                                              2. Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking
                                                1. Higgs Mechanism
                                                  1. Scalar Field
                                                    1. Vacuum Expectation Value
                                                      1. Goldstone Bosons
                                                      2. Mass Generation
                                                        1. Gauge Boson Masses
                                                          1. Fermion Masses
                                                            1. Yukawa Couplings
                                                          2. Higgs Boson
                                                            1. Higgs Field Properties
                                                              1. Scalar Nature
                                                                1. Self-Interaction
                                                                2. Higgs Boson Discovery
                                                                  1. LHC Experiments
                                                                    1. Decay Channels
                                                                    2. Higgs Phenomenology
                                                                      1. Production Mechanisms
                                                                        1. Decay Modes
                                                                          1. Coupling Measurements
                                                                      2. Quantum Chromodynamics
                                                                        1. Color Theory
                                                                          1. Color Charge
                                                                            1. Red, Green, Blue
                                                                              1. Color Singlets
                                                                              2. Color Confinement
                                                                                1. Linear Potential
                                                                                  1. String Model
                                                                                2. QCD Lagrangian
                                                                                  1. Quark Fields
                                                                                    1. Color Indices
                                                                                      1. Flavor Structure
                                                                                      2. Gluon Fields
                                                                                        1. Non-Abelian Gauge Fields
                                                                                          1. Self-Interaction
                                                                                        2. QCD Phenomena
                                                                                          1. Asymptotic Freedom
                                                                                            1. Beta Function
                                                                                              1. High-Energy Behavior
                                                                                              2. Chiral Symmetry Breaking
                                                                                                1. Quark Condensate
                                                                                                  1. Pion as Goldstone Boson
                                                                                                  2. Confinement
                                                                                                    1. Wilson Loop
                                                                                                      1. Area Law
                                                                                                  3. Flavor Physics
                                                                                                    1. Quark Mixing
                                                                                                      1. CKM Matrix
                                                                                                        1. Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa Matrix
                                                                                                          1. Unitarity Constraints
                                                                                                            1. CP Violation
                                                                                                            2. Flavor Changing Processes
                                                                                                              1. Weak Decays
                                                                                                                1. Oscillations
                                                                                                              2. Neutrino Physics
                                                                                                                1. Neutrino Oscillations
                                                                                                                  1. Flavor Mixing
                                                                                                                    1. Mass Differences
                                                                                                                      1. Oscillation Parameters
                                                                                                                      2. Neutrino Mass
                                                                                                                        1. Dirac vs Majorana
                                                                                                                          1. See-Saw Mechanism
                                                                                                                        2. CP Violation
                                                                                                                          1. Kaon System
                                                                                                                            1. Neutral Kaon Mixing
                                                                                                                              1. CP Violation Parameters
                                                                                                                              2. B Meson System
                                                                                                                                1. B-Bbar Mixing
                                                                                                                                  1. CP Asymmetries

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