The electroweak standard model

Authors

  • Jose Ignacio Illana University of Granada

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https://doi.org/10.31349/SuplRevMexFis.3.020721

Keywords:

Electroweak standard model

Abstract

After introducing the basic symmetry principles, the full Lagrangian is derived in detail and the most relevant aspects of the electroweak phenomenology are discussed with special emphasis on the determination of the input parameters and the consistency checks of the model.

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