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Standard Model help requested...
Hi all,
I hope this is the appropriate forum for asking about the Standard Model of particle physics.
My formal education covered only chemistry, semiconductor physics, classical physics, special relativity, and introductory quantum mechanics. So my understanding of physics pretty much stops with electrons, protons, neutrons, and photons. I understand that shooting protons into a material led physicists to conclude atoms are primarily empty space, with only an occasional collision with a nucleus. I understand this experiment begat the nuclear model.
Can you recommend reading for explaining the genesis of subatomic particles (leptons, quarks, neutrinos, etc.) that comprise the Standard Model of Particle Physics ? To me, these particles are just characters in a fairy tale. I'd like to know what experimental results led physicists to postulate their existence.Alan
Hi all,
I hope this is the appropriate forum for asking about the Standard Model of particle physics.
My formal education covered only chemistry, semiconductor physics, classical physics, special relativity, and introductory quantum mechanics. So my understanding of physics pretty much stops with electrons, protons, neutrons, and photons. I understand that shooting protons into a material led physicists to conclude atoms are primarily empty space, with only an occasional collision with a nucleus. I understand this experiment begat the nuclear model.
Can you recommend reading for explaining the genesis of subatomic particles (leptons, quarks, neutrinos, etc.) that comprise the Standard Model of Particle Physics ? To me, these particles are just characters in a fairy tale. I'd like to know what experimental results led physicists to postulate their existence.Alan
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