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The standard model (SM) of particles physics (Burgess, Moore, The Standard Model, a Primer, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2013, [1], Griffiths, Introduction to Elementary Particles, Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, 2008, [2], Glashow, Nucl Phys, 22:579–588 (1961), [3], Weinberg, Phys Rev Lett, 19:1264–1266 (1967), [4], Salam, Conf Proc, C680519:367–377 (1968), [5], Gunion et al. The Higgs Hunter’s Guide, Perseus Publishing, Cambridge, 1990, [6], Ramond, Journeys Beyond the Standard Model, Perseus Books, Cambridge, 1999, [7]) describes the elementary particles and their interactions at the most fundamental level.
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Notes
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In this thesis all masses and energies are expressed in natural units, where the speed of light and \(\hbar \) are taken as equal to 1.
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Right-handed neutrinos, \(\nu _R\), are sometimes also considered.
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Theories are usually defined as valid within certain thresholds. In quantum theories, because all particles can contribute to a process as virtual particles, all scales contribute, even to low-energy processes. A cut-off is often needed in the calculation. If the cut-off disappears from the final results (possibly by its absorption in a finite number of measured constants), the theory is called renormalizable.
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\(\sin ^2\theta _W\simeq 0.231\) [9].
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Equal to one for leptons and to three for quarks.
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\(G_F\simeq 1.17\times 10^{-5}\) GeV\(^{-2}\) [9].
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Caillol, C. (2018). The Standard Model of Particle Physics. In: Scalar Boson Decays to Tau Leptons. Springer Theses. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-70650-4_1
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