2000/01/27 by S. F. Novaes, Novaes, S. F. · 6 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions #hep-ex #hep-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.hep-ph/0001283
101 pages, 14 figures, To be published in "Particle and Fields", Proceedings of the X J. A. Swieca Summer School (World Scientific, Singapore, 2000)
arxiv created 2000/01/27 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30
We present a primer on the Standard Model of the electroweak interaction. Emphasis is given to the historical aspects of the theory's formulation. The radiative corrections to the Standard Model are presented and its predictions for the electroweak parameters are compared with the precise experimental data obtained at the Z pole. Finally, we make some remarks on the perspectives for the discovery of the Higgs boson, the most important challenge of the Standard Model.