{
  "id": "2410.09611",
  "version": "v1",
  "published": "2024-10-12T18:20:07.000Z",
  "updated": "2024-10-12T18:20:07.000Z",
  "title": "Quantum field theory and the electroweak Standard Model",
  "authors": [
    "Gustavo Burdman"
  ],
  "comment": "Lectures given at the 2023 CERN Latin American School of High Energy Physics (CLASHEP)",
  "categories": [
    "hep-ph",
    "hep-ex"
  ],
  "abstract": "In these lectures we give an introduction and overview of the electroweak standard model (EWSM) of particle physics. We first introduce the basic concepts of quantum field theory necessary to build the EWSM: abelian and non-abelian gauge theories, spontaneous symmetry breaking and the Higgs mechanism. We also introduce some basic concepts of renormalization, so as to be able to understand the full power of electroweak precision tests and their impact on our understanding the EWSM and its possible extensions. We discuss the current status of experimental tests and conclude by pointing the problems still existing in particle physics not solved by the EWSM and how these impact the future of the field.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "2024-10-12T18:20:07.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "electroweak standard model",
      "basic concepts",
      "particle physics",
      "quantum field theory necessary",
      "non-abelian gauge theories"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "lecture notes"
    ],
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 0,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable"
    }
  }
}