Gauge fields and symmetry

Particle Physics 2: Standard Model (Winter, 2010)

Lecture Playlist

  1. Particles fields and forces

  2. Quantum chromodynamics

  3. Group theory – part 1

  4. Group theory – part 2

  5. Gauge fields and symmetry

  6. The weak interaction

  7. Spontaneous symmetry breaking and Goldstone bosons

  8. The Higgs field

  9. The Higgs field and fermions

  10. Renormalization and the running of coupling constants

February 8, 2010

Professor Susskind describes the concept of a gauge field and it's associated symmetries. Symmetries lead to conserved charges like the electric charge and color. These concepts are used to describe the weak interaction.

Topics: 
  • Gauge fields and symmetries
  • Charges
  • The weak interaction
  • Feynman diagrams for the weak interaction