| Article | |
| Report number | arXiv:1703.04978 |
| Title | Field Theory and the Electro-Weak Standard Model |
| Author(s) | Godbole, Rohini M. (Bangalore, Indian Inst. Sci.) |
| Publication | 2017 |
| Imprint | 2017-03-15 |
| Number of pages | 61 |
| In: | 2014 Asia-Europe-Pacific School of High-Energy Physics, pp.1-61 |
| DOI | 10.23730/CYRSP-2017-002.1 |
| Subject category | hep-ex ; Particle Physics - Experiment ; hep-ph ; Particle Physics - Phenomenology |
| Abstract | In this set of four lectures I will discuss some aspects of the Standard Model (SM) as a quantum field theory and related phenomenological observations which have played a crucial role in establishing the $SU(2)_{L} \times U(1)_{Y}$ gauge theory as the correct description of Electro-Weak (EW) interactions. I will first describe in brief the idea of EW unification as well as basic aspects of the Higgs mechanism of spontaneous symmetry breaking. After this I will discuss anomaly cancellation, custodial symmetry and implications of the high energy behavior of scattering amplitudes for the particle spectrum of the EW theory. This will be followed up by a discussion of the 'indirect' constraints on the SM particle masses such as $M_{c}, M_{t}$ and $M_{h}$ from various precision EW measurements. I will end by discussing the theoretical limits on $M_{h}$ and implications of the observed Higgs mass for the SM and beyond. |
| Copyright/License | arXiv nonexclusive-distrib. 1.0 publication: © 2017-2025 CERN (License: CC-BY-4.0) |
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