THE STANDARD MODEL What’s fundamental What’s in a name
Organizational table(s) Periodic table Periodic table –Organizes atoms by properties –Reading the table Atoms and even nuclei are not fundamental Atoms and even nuclei are not fundamental Scale of subatomic matter (see illustration next slide) Scale of subatomic matter (see illustration next slide)
Standard model chart Organizes all of matter and energy (well most of it) Organizes all of matter and energy (well most of it) Matter Vs. Antimatter Matter Vs. Antimatter Charge Charge Annihilation Annihilation Pair production Pair production
Bosons Vs. Fermions Spin
Fermion Flavors Leptons and Quarks
Leptons Solitary particles Charge on particles Vs. antiparticles Generations or Families
Leptons Lepton family conservation Neutrino’s and conservation laws
Quarks Generations or families Charge Combinations Particles Vs. antiparticles
Combinations of quarks – Hadrons Baryons Baryons Examples of Baryon particles Examples of Baryon particles Spin and consequences Spin and consequences
Combinations of quarks - Hadrons Mesons Mesons Examples of Mesons Examples of Mesons Spin and consequences (see illustration) Spin and consequences (see illustration)
Bose-Einstein Condensate
Bosons (single particles) Spin (got it yet?) Mediate forces ( Fields Vs. exchange particles) Electromagnetic Weak Electroweak Strong Gravity
Mediate decays
Mediate collisions and annihilations
THE STANDARD MODEL Fermions LeptonsQuarks BaryonsMesons Bosons