Introduction to Electroweak Symmetry Breaking

Journal Article · Mon Apr 20 00:00:00 EDT 2009 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3131544· OSTI ID:21300457

Dawson, S ^[1]

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1. Physics Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory Upton, New York 11973 (United States)

In these lectures, I review the status of the electroweak sector of the Standard Model, with an emphasis on the importance of radiative corrections and searches for the Standard Model Higgs boson. A discussion of the special role of the TeV energy scale in electroweak physics is included.

• OSTI ID: 21300457
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1116, Issue 1; Conference: 13. Mexican school of particles and fields, Hermosillo (Mexico); San Carlos (Mexico), 2-11 Oct 2008; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.3131544; (c) 2009 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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BAG MODEL
GLUONS
HIGGS BOSONS
LEPTON-LEPTON INTERACTIONS
PARTICLE IDENTIFICATION
RADIATIVE CORRECTIONS
STANDARD MODEL
SYMMETRY BREAKING
TEV RANGE
WEINBERG-SALAM GAUGE MODEL