The Role of Symmetry in the Development of the Standard Model (Elements in Physics beyond the Standard Model with Atomic and Molecular Systems)

Front Cover Title Page Copyright Page Half-Title Contents 1 Introduction 2 Wigner–Weyl Realization of Global Symmetries 3 Local U(1) Invariance and QED 4 Global Symmetry Structure of the Strong Interactions 5 Fermi Theory of the Weak Interactions 6 Nambu–Goldstone Realization of SU(2)A 7 Yang–Mills Theory 8 Quantum Chromodynamics 9 SU(2)L × U(1) Invariant Lepton Couplings to the Electroweak Vectors 10 Abelian Higgs Model 11 Standard Electroweak Model 12 The Higgs Boson 13 Global Symmetries versus Local Invariance 14 Limitations and Challenges of the Standard Model Appendix A.1 Notations and Conventions A.2 The SU(2)L × U(1) Electroweak Model References Acknowledgments Series Page Back Cover