Physics 107 Navigation Bar    Click here for FirstClass
 



goals and outline
questions before lecture
questions after lecture
parts of homework
supplementary material
timely reminders
unit 3 supplements
  

LECTURE 41
     goals and outline

lecture title

    The Four Forces: Gauge Bosons

text pages

lecture goals

  • Learn what gauge bosons are in the quantum field theory of the four fundamental interactions (forces).
  • Learn how each interaction has one or more peculiarities which make it different from the other three interactions.
  • Learn which particles feel which interactions and what properties determine whether an interaction is felt. Learn what happens to the four interactions' couplings at high energy.
  • Understand more about the Standard Model.
  • Introduce the Higgs boson, which has a different role from the gauge bosons.

outline of lecture

    1. Gauge Bosons for Four Forces

    2. Charges, Couplings, Unified Field Theory

    3. Higgs Boson

puzzle

Figure out the pattern recognition figure on the bottom of the second side of the Lecture 41 supplementary notes.

[home]  [course]  [lecs unit 3]  [homework]  [exams]  [FirstClass]  [what's new] 
Please email any questions, comments, or suggestions to Professor Bernice Durand, bdurand@theory3.physics.wisc.edu.

Revised December 3, 1997.


Content © 1997, Bernice Durand
Images and layout © 1997, Shane Hamilton