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    between particle physics and representation theory, as first noted in the 1930s by Eugene Wigner. It links the properties of elementary particles to the...
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    theoretical physics. In a physical theory having Minkowski space as the underlying spacetime, the space of physical states is typically a representation of the...
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    Particle physics and representation theory Wigner's classification Particle segregation Self-propelled particle List of particles Wave–particle duality...
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    Particle physics or high-energy physics is the study of fundamental particles and forces that constitute matter and radiation. The field also studies...
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    methods of analysis to be applied to the theory of groups. Furthermore, representation theory is important in physics because it can describe how the symmetry...
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  • In particle physics, flavour or flavor refers to the species of an elementary particle. The Standard Model counts six flavours of quarks and six flavours...
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  • ISBN 9781107034730. Taylor, John (1992). "Gauge theories in particle physics". In Davies, Paul (ed.). The New Physics (1st pbk. ed.). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge...
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    Poincaré group (category Quantum field theory)
    group Representation theory of the Poincaré group Wigner's classification Symmetry in quantum mechanics Pauli–Lubanski pseudovector Particle physics and representation...
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  • classify particles and fields in physics—see the article particle physics and representation theory. It relies on the stabilizer subgroups of that group,...
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    mathematics and theoretical physics, a representation of a Lie group is a linear action of a Lie group on a vector space. Equivalently, a representation is a...
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    A Grand Unified Theory (GUT) is any model in particle physics that merges the electromagnetic, weak, and strong forces (the three gauge interactions of...
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    of the Higgs field, one of the fields in particle physics theory. In the Standard Model, the Higgs particle is a massive scalar boson with zero spin,...
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    point particle, ideal particle or point-like particle (often spelled pointlike particle) is an idealization of particles heavily used in physics. Its defining...
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    Standard Model of particle physics is the theory describing three of the four known fundamental forces (electromagnetic, weak and strong interactions...
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    In the mathematical field of representation theory, a Lie algebra representation or representation of a Lie algebra is a way of writing a Lie algebra...
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    group). These two concepts, Lie and finite groups, are the foundation for the fundamental theories of modern physics. Symmetries are frequently amenable...
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    In physics, a subatomic particle is a particle smaller than an atom. According to the Standard Model of particle physics, a subatomic particle can be...
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    In physics, the eightfold way is an organizational scheme for a class of subatomic particles known as hadrons that led to the development of the quark...
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    In particle physics, the Georgi–Glashow model is a particular Grand Unified Theory (GUT) proposed by Howard Georgi and Sheldon Glashow in 1974. In this...
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    fundamental theory that describes the behavior of nature at and below the scale of atoms.: 1.1  It is the foundation of all quantum physics, which includes...
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  • operator Particle physics Particle physics and representation theory Particle physics in cosmology Particle radiation Particle segregation Particle shower...
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    extension Lie algebra representation Lie bialgebra Lie coalgebra Lie n-algebra Lie operad Particle physics and representation theory Lie superalgebra Orthogonal...
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    general relativity and supersymmetry: its fundamental representation is the so-called spinor representation, while its adjoint representation generates the...
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  • ordinary particles, the longer the virtual particle exists. They are important in the physics of many processes, including particle scattering and Casimir...
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  • string theory has developed into a broad and varied subject with connections to quantum gravity, particle and condensed matter physics, cosmology, and pure...
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  • In the study of the representation theory of Lie groups, the study of representations of SU(2) is fundamental to the study of representations of semisimple...
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  • carried by elementary particles, and thus by composite particles such as hadrons, atomic nuclei, and atoms.: 183–184  Spin is quantized, and accurate models...
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    quasiparticles. The current standard model of particle physics is based on quantum field theory. Quantum field theory emerged from the work of generations of...
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  • chirality of a particle is more abstract: It is determined by whether the particle transforms in a right- or left-handed representation of the Poincaré...
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    existence of mass and spin (normally explained in Wigner's classification of relativistic mechanics) in terms of the representation theory of the Galilean...
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