Gauge Theories of the Strong, Weak and Electromagnetic Interactions

1985 ◽  
Vol 53 (8) ◽  
pp. 798-799 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chris Quigg ◽  
Joseph Dreitlein
Keyword(s):  
Gauge Theories ◽  
Electromagnetic Interactions

scholarly journals The World as Quarks, Leptons and Bosons

1976 ◽  
Vol 29 (6) ◽  
pp. 347 ◽  
Author(s):  
M Gell-Mann
Keyword(s):  
Gauge Theory ◽  
Gauge Theories ◽  
Strong Interactions ◽  
Gauge Bosons ◽  
Yang Mills ◽  
Electromagnetic Interactions ◽  
The World

A descriptive review is given of gauge theories of weak, electromagnetic and strong interactions. The strong interactions are interpreted in terms of an unbroken Yang-Mills gauge theory based on SU(3) colour symmetry of quarks and gluons. The confinement mechanism of quarks, gluons and other nonsinglets is discussed. The unification of the weak and electromagnetic interactions through a broken Yang-Mills gauge theory is described. In total the basic constituents are then the quarks, leptons and gauge bosons.

scholarly journals Spontaneous symmetry breaking in gauge theories

2015 ◽  
Vol 373 (2032) ◽  
pp. 20140033 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. W. B. Kibble
Keyword(s):  
World War I ◽  
Symmetry Breaking ◽  
Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking ◽  
Particle Physics ◽  
Gauge Theories ◽  
Second World War ◽  
Unified Theory ◽  
World War ◽  
Electromagnetic Interactions ◽  
Second World

The aim of this historical article is to describe the development of the idea of spontaneous symmetry breaking in gauge theories as seen from my perspective as a member of Abdus Salam's group at Imperial College London, UK. Beginning with an account of particle physics in the years after the Second World War, I describe early attempts at constructing a unified theory of weak and electromagnetic interactions, the obstacles encountered and how they were eventually overcome with the mass-generating mechanism incorporating the idea of spontaneous symmetry breaking, one of whose features is the now-famous Higgs boson.

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