Physics Formulae/Particle Physics Formulae

This article is a summary of the laws, principles, defining quantities, and useful formulae in the analysis of particle physics.

Atoms and Nuclei

Conservation of Lepton Number	$\,\!$
Conservation of Baryon Number	$\,\!$
Conservation of Strangeness	$\,\!$
Eightfold Way	$\,\!$
Weak Force	$\,\!$

Strong Force	$\begin{align} \mathcal{L}_\mathrm{QCD} & = \bar{\psi}_i\left(i \gamma^\mu (D_\mu)_{ij} - m\, \delta_{ij}\right) \psi_j - \frac{1}{4}G^a_{\mu \nu} G^{\mu \nu}_a \\ & = \bar{\psi}_i (i \gamma^\mu \partial_\mu - m )\psi_i - g G^a_\mu \bar{\psi}_i \gamma^\mu T^a_{ij} \psi_j - \frac{1}{4}G^a_{\mu \nu} G^{\mu \nu}_a \,,\\ \end{align} \,\!$
Noether's Theorem	$\,\!$
Electroweak Interaction	: $\mathcal{L}_{EW} = \mathcal{L}_g + \mathcal{L}_f + \mathcal{L}_h + \mathcal{L}_y.\,\!$ $\mathcal{L}_g = -\frac{1}{4}W_a^{\mu\nu}W_{\mu\nu}^a - \frac{1}{4}B^{\mu\nu}B_{\mu\nu}\,\!$ $\mathcal{L}_f = \overline{Q}_i iD\!\!\!\!/\; Q_i+ \overline{u}_i^c iD\!\!\!\!/\; u^c_i+ \overline{d}_i^c iD\!\!\!\!/\; d^c_i+ \overline{L}_i iD\!\!\!\!/\; L_i+ \overline{e}^c_i iD\!\!\!\!/\; e^c_i \,\!$ $\mathcal{L}_h = \|D_\mu h\|^2 - \lambda \left(\|h\|^2 - \frac{v^2}{2}\right)^2\,\!$ $\mathcal{L}_y = - y_{u\, ij} \epsilon^{ab} \,h_b^\dagger\, \overline{Q}_{ia} u_j^c - y_{d\, ij}\, h\, \overline{Q}_i d^c_j - y_{e\,ij} \,h\, \overline{L}_i e^c_j + h.c.\,\!$
Quantum Electrodynamics	: $\mathcal{L}=\bar\psi(i\gamma^\mu D_\mu-m)\psi -\frac{1}{4}F_{\mu\nu}F^{\mu\nu}\;,\,\!$

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