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Report number	arXiv:1012.3883
Title	Quantum field theory and the Standard Model
Author(s)	Hollik, W (Munich, Max Planck Inst.)
Publication	CERN, 2010
Note	Comments: 44 pages, Lectures given at the 2009 European School of High-Energy Physics, Bautzen, Germany, 14-27 Jun 2009
In:	2009 European School of High-energy Physics, pp.1-44
DOI	10.5170/CERN-2010-002.1
Subject category	Particle Physics - Phenomenology
Abstract	In this lecture we discuss the basic ingredients for gauge invariant quantum field theories. We give an introduction to the elements of quantum field theory, to the construction of the basic Lagrangian for a general gauge theory, and proceed with the formulation of QCD and the electroweak Standard Model with electroweak symmetry breaking via the Higgs mechanism. The phenomenology of W and Z bosons is discussed and implications for the Higgs boson are derived from comparison with experimental precision data.
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