Standard Model (mathematical Formulation)
For a less mathematical description, see Standard Model.This article describes the mathematics of the Standard Model of particle physics, a gauge quantum field theory containing the internal symmetries of the unitary product group SU(3) × SU(2) × U(1). The theory is commonly viewed as containing the fundamental set of particles – the leptons, quarks, gauge bosons and the Higgs particle, however due to the nature of quantum field theory, these "fundamental" particles can be viewed differently depending on the situation (see below).
The Standard Model is renormalizable and mathematically self-consistent, however despite having huge and continued successes in providing experimental predictions it does leave some unexplained phenomena. In particular, although the physics of special relativity is incorporated, general relativity is not, and the Standard Model will fail at energies or distances where the graviton is expected to emerge. Therefore in a modern field theory context, it is seen as an effective field theory.
This article requires some background in physics and mathematics, but is designed as both an introduction and a reference.
Read more about Standard Model (mathematical Formulation): Quantum Field Theory, Alternative Presentations of The Fields, Perturbative QFT and The Interaction Picture, Lagrangian Formalism
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