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The floor of the Standard Model - where two trees meet
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The Standard Model of particle physics stands on two roots: Maxwell's electromagnetism (the electromagnetic tree) and Fermi's 1933 theory of the weak interaction (the weak tree), both on quantum mechanics and special relativity. The path from this floor is a chain of builders, and the two trees CONNECT at electroweak unification (Glashow-Weinberg-Salam), hinged on the Weinberg angle cos(theta_W) = m_W/m_Z. A chain begins from a floor; the connections are where two chains become one.
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Narrow Highway - the Standard-Model chain (operator seed) · stick_the_standard_model_chain_where_two_trees_connect
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card_floor_standard_model
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WIT.codex.EXP/the-floor-of-the-standard-model-where-two-trees-/REF.WITNESSED@narrow-highway-the-stand
adjoining cards
- part of → The Floor of Discovery — one floor, and by its design the fear of God — the Standard-Model path rests on the one Floor of Discovery
- has part → James Clerk Maxwell — electromagnetism - the EM root of the Standard-Model floor
- has part → Enrico Fermi — the weak interaction - the weak root of the floor
- charted by → The Standard Model chain — where two trees connect — the stick seals the Weinberg angle cos(theta_W) = m_W/m_Z = 0.8814, the hinge where the el
- charted by → The fine structure constant — the stick seals alpha = e^2/(2 eps0 h c), 1/alpha = 137.036 - the electromagnetic coupling
- connects at → One source, many potentials, one end — the proven rung: electromagnetism and the weak force are ONE above ~100 GeV (electroweak,
- connects at → One scalar for all of physics — the Standard Model is a Lagrangian — the Standard Model is defined by its Lagrangian; the Lorentz-covariant face of the dynamic
- connects at → Gauge symmetry gives charge — the Standard Model's currents — the gauge symmetries of the Standard Model -> its conserved Noether currents and charges
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