Let's Have a Coffee with the Standard Model of Particle Physics!

Autor/inn/en	Woithe, Julia; Wiener, Gerfried J.; Van der Veken, Frederik F.
Titel	Let's Have a Coffee with the Standard Model of Particle Physics!
Quelle	In: Physics Education, 52 (2017) 3, Artikel 034001 (9 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0031-9120
DOI	10.1088/1361-6552/aa5b25
Schlagwörter	Physics; Science Instruction; Visual Aids; Models; Scientific Principles; Secondary School Teachers; Teaching Methods; Difficulty Level; High School Students; Theories + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Physik; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Anschauungsmaterial; Analogiemodell; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Schwierigkeitsgrad; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Theory; Theorie
Abstract	The Standard Model of particle physics is one of the most successful theories in physics and describes the fundamental interactions between elementary particles. It is encoded in a compact description, the so-called "Lagrangian," which even fits on t-shirts and coffee mugs. This mathematical formulation, however, is complex and only rarely makes it into the physics classroom. Therefore, to support high school teachers in their challenging endeavour of introducing particle physics in the classroom, we provide a qualitative explanation of the terms of the Lagrangian and discuss their interpretation based on associated Feynman diagrams. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01