Quick search Find article
Quick search
Find article

Non-perturbative calculations in the Standard Model

REVIEW ARTICLE

R D Kenway

Show affiliations


REVIEW

The Standard Model is a remarkably successful theory of elementary particle interactions on energy scales less than a few hundred Gev. It excludes gravity, so cannot be a complete theory. However, no experiment disagrees sufficiently with the predictions obtained using perturbative approximations to call into question its validity for the other interactions. Its full solution is a major challenge which must be met if we are to have confidence in extending the theoretical framework to much higher energies. As yet unimagined non perturbative mechanisms may be exposed. Computer simulation offers the only known means to this end. This paper explains how the Standard Model may be formulated outside perturbation theory and describes some of the numerical results that have been obtained so far.


PACS

12.10.-g Unified field theories and models

11.15.Ha Lattice gauge theory

12.38.Lg Other nonperturbative calculations

12.20.-m Quantum electrodynamics

11.10.-z Field theory

Subjects

Particle physics and field theory

Dates

Issue 12 (December 1989)



Users also read

What's this?
This innovative new feature generates a list of articles 'also read' by other users based on them reading the original article. Article abstracts citations and references are all considered and weighted accordingly. We hope that this will help you find relevant papers for your research.

  1. Mean field ground state of a spin-1 condensate in a magnetic field

View by subject




Export








Please login to access our web services, or create an account if you don't yet have one.

You must have cookies enabled in your web browser to be able to login.

Username
Password

Forgotten your password? Get a new one here.