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In [[particle physics]], the '''electroweak interaction''' is the [[unified field theory|unified description]] of two of the four known  [[fundamental interaction]]s of nature: [[electromagnetism]] and the [[weak interaction]]. Although these two forces appear very different at everyday low energies, the theory models them as two different aspects of the same force. Above the [[electroweak scale|unification energy]], on the order of 100&nbsp;[[GeV]], they would merge into a single '''electroweak force'''. Thus if the universe is hot enough (approximately 10<sup>15</sup>&nbsp;[[Kelvin|K]], a temperature exceeded until shortly after the [[Big Bang]]) then the electromagnetic force and weak force merge into a combined electroweak force. During the [[electroweak epoch]], the electroweak force separated from the [[strong force]]. During the [[quark epoch]], the electroweak force split into the electromagnetic and [[weak force]].


For contributions to the unification of the weak and electromagnetic interaction between [[elementary particle]]s, [[Abdus Salam]], [[Sheldon Lee Glashow|Sheldon Glashow]] and [[Steven Weinberg]] were awarded the [[Nobel Prize in Physics]] in 1979.<ref>
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{{cite book
|author=S. Bais
|year=2005
|title=The Equations: Icons of knowledge
|page=84
|publisher=
|isbn=0-674-01967-9
}}</ref><ref>
{{cite web
|url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1979/
|title=The Nobel Prize in Physics 1979
|publisher=[[The Nobel Foundation]]
|accessdate=2008-12-16
}}</ref> The existence of the electroweak interactions was experimentally established in two stages, the first being the discovery of [[neutral current]]s in neutrino scattering by the [[Gargamelle]] collaboration in 1973, and the second in 1983 by the [[UA1]] and the [[UA2]] collaborations that involved the discovery of the [[W and Z bosons|W and Z]] [[gauge boson]]s in proton–antiproton collisions at the converted [[Super Proton Synchrotron]]. In 1999, [[Gerardus 't Hooft]] and [[Martinus Veltman]] were awarded the Nobel prize for showing that the electroweak theory is [[renormalizable]].
 
==Formulation==
[[File:Electroweak.svg|300px|right|thumb|The pattern of [[weak isospin]], T<sub>3</sub>, and [[weak hypercharge]], Y<sub>W</sub>, of the known elementary particles, showing electric charge, Q, along the [[weak mixing angle]]. The neutral Higgs field (circled) breaks the electroweak symmetry and interacts with other particles to give them mass. Three components of the Higgs field become part of the massive W and Z bosons.]]
 
Mathematically, the unification is accomplished under an [[SU(2)|''SU''(2)]] &times; [[U(1)|''U''(1)]] [[gauge theory|gauge group]]. The corresponding [[gauge boson]]s are the '''three''' W bosons of [[weak isospin]] from SU(2) ({{SubatomicParticle|W boson+}}, {{SubatomicParticle|W boson0}}, and {{SubatomicParticle|W boson-}}), and the {{SubatomicParticle|B boson0}} boson of [[weak hypercharge]] from U(1), respectively, all of which are massless.
 
In the [[Standard Model]], the [[W and Z bosons|{{SubatomicParticle|W boson+-}} and {{SubatomicParticle|Z boson0}} bosons]], and the photon, are produced by the [[spontaneous symmetry breaking]] of the '''electroweak symmetry''' from ''SU''(2) &times; ''U''(1)<sub>''Y''</sub> to ''U''(1)<sub>em</sub>, caused by the [[Higgs mechanism]] (see also [[Higgs boson]]).<ref>
{{cite journal
| author=F. Englert, R. Brout
| year=1964
| title=Broken Symmetry and the Mass of Gauge Vector Mesons
| journal=[[Physical Review Letters]]
| volume=13 | pages=321–323
| doi=10.1103/PhysRevLett.13.321
| bibcode=1964PhRvL..13..321E
| issue=9
}}</ref><ref name="Peter W. Higgs 1964 508-509">
{{cite journal
| author=P.W. Higgs
| year=1964
| title=Broken Symmetries and the Masses of Gauge Bosons
| journal=[[Physical Review Letters]]
| volume=13 | pages=508–509
| doi=10.1103/PhysRevLett.13.508
| bibcode=1964PhRvL..13..508H
| issue=16
}}</ref><ref>
{{cite journal
| author=G.S. Guralnik, C.R. Hagen, T.W.B. Kibble
| year=1964
| title=Global Conservation Laws and Massless Particles
| journal=[[Physical Review Letters]]
| volume=13 | pages=585–587
| doi=10.1103/PhysRevLett.13.585
| bibcode=1964PhRvL..13..585G
| issue=20
}}</ref><ref>
{{cite journal
| author=G.S. Guralnik
| year=2009
| title=The History of the Guralnik, Hagen and Kibble development of the Theory of Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking and Gauge Particles
| journal=[[International Journal of Modern Physics A]]
| volume=24 | pages=2601–2627
| doi=10.1142/S0217751X09045431
| arxiv=0907.3466
|bibcode = 2009IJMPA..24.2601G
| issue=14 }}</ref> ''U''(1)<sub>''Y''</sub> and ''U''(1)<sub>em</sub> are different copies of ''U''(1); the [[generating set|generator]] of ''U''(1)<sub>em</sub> is given by ''Q'' = ''Y''/2 + ''I''<sub>3</sub>, where ''Y'' is the generator of ''U''(1)<sub>''Y''</sub> (called the [[weak hypercharge]]), and ''I''<sub>3</sub> is one of the ''SU''(2) generators (a component of [[weak isospin]]).
 
The spontaneous symmetry breaking causes the {{SubatomicParticle|W boson0}} and {{SubatomicParticle|B boson0}} bosons to coalesce together into two different bosons – the {{SubatomicParticle|Z boson0}} boson, and the photon (γ) as follows:
 
: <math> \begin{pmatrix}
\gamma \\
Z^0 \end{pmatrix} = \begin{pmatrix}
\cos \theta_W & \sin \theta_W \\
-\sin \theta_W & \cos \theta_W \end{pmatrix} \begin{pmatrix}
B^0 \\
W^0 \end{pmatrix} </math>
 
Where θ<sub>W</sub> is the ''[[weak mixing angle]]''. The axes representing the particles have essentially just been rotated, in the ({{SubatomicParticle|W boson0}}, {{SubatomicParticle|B boson0}}) plane, by the angle θ<sub>W</sub>. This also introduces a discrepancy between the mass of the {{SubatomicParticle|Z boson0}} and the mass of the {{SubatomicParticle|W boson+-}} particles (denoted as M<sub>Z</sub> and M<sub>W</sub>, respectively);
 
:<math>M_Z=\frac{M_W}{\cos\theta_W}</math>
 
The distinction between electromagnetism and the weak force arises because there is a (nontrivial) linear combination of ''Y'' and ''I''<sub>3</sub> that vanishes for the Higgs boson (it is an eigenstate of both ''Y'' and ''I''<sub>3</sub>, so the coefficients may be taken as &minus;''I''<sub>3</sub> and ''Y''):  ''U''(1)<sub>em</sub> is defined to be the group generated by this linear combination, and is unbroken because it does not interact with the Higgs.
 
==Lagrangian==
 
===Before electroweak symmetry breaking===
The [[Lagrangian]] for the electroweak interactions is divided into four parts before [[electroweak symmetry breaking]]
:<math>\mathcal{L}_{EW} = \mathcal{L}_g + \mathcal{L}_f + \mathcal{L}_h + \mathcal{L}_y.</math>
 
The <math>\mathcal{L}_g</math> term describes the interaction between the three W particles and the B particle.
:<math>\mathcal{L}_g = -\frac{1}{4}W^{a\mu\nu}W_{\mu\nu}^a - \frac{1}{4}B^{\mu\nu}B_{\mu\nu}</math>,
where <math>W^{a\mu\nu}</math> (<math>a=1,2,3</math>) and <math>B^{\mu\nu}</math> are the [[field strength tensor]]s for the weak isospin and weak hypercharge fields.
 
<math>\mathcal{L}_f</math> is the kinetic term for the Standard Model fermions. The interaction of the gauge bosons and the fermions are through the [[gauge covariant derivative]].
:<math>\mathcal{L}_f =  \overline{Q}_i iD\!\!\!\!/\; Q_i+ \overline{u}_i iD\!\!\!\!/\; u_i+ \overline{d}_i iD\!\!\!\!/\; d_i+ \overline{L}_i iD\!\!\!\!/\; L_i+ \overline{e}_i iD\!\!\!\!/\; e_i </math>,
where the subscript <math>i</math> runs over the three generations of fermions, <math>Q</math>, <math>u</math>, and <math>d</math> are the left-handed doublet, right-handed singlet up, and right handed singlet down quark fields, and <math>L</math> and <math>e</math> are the left-handed doublet and right-handed singlet electron fields.
 
The ''h'' term describes the Higgs field F.
:<math>\mathcal{L}_h = |D_\mu h|^2 - \lambda \left(|h|^2 - \frac{v^2}{2}\right)^2</math>
 
The ''y'' term gives the [[Yukawa interaction]] that generates the fermion masses after the Higgs acquires a vacuum expectation value.
:<math>\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.</math>
 
===After electroweak symmetry breaking===
The Lagrangian reorganizes itself after the Higgs boson acquires a vacuum expectation value. Due to its complexity, this Lagrangian is best described by breaking it up into several parts as follows.
 
:<math>\mathcal{L}_{EW} = \mathcal{L}_K + \mathcal{L}_N + \mathcal{L}_C + \mathcal{L}_H + \mathcal{L}_{HV} + \mathcal{L}_{WWV} + \mathcal{L}_{WWVV} + \mathcal{L}_Y</math>
 
The kinetic term <math>\mathcal{L}_K</math> contains all the quadratic terms of the Lagrangian, which include the dynamic terms (the partial derivatives) and the mass terms (conspicuously absent from the Lagrangian before symmetry breaking)
 
:<math> \begin{align}
\mathcal{L}_K = \sum_f \overline{f}(i\partial\!\!\!/\!\;-m_f)f-\frac14A_{\mu\nu}A^{\mu\nu}-\frac12W^+_{\mu\nu}W^{-\mu\nu}+m_W^2W^+_\mu W^{-\mu}
\\
\qquad -\frac14Z_{\mu\nu}Z^{\mu\nu}+\frac12m_Z^2Z_\mu Z^\mu+\frac12(\partial^\mu H)(\partial_\mu H)-\frac12m_H^2H^2
\end{align}</math>
 
where the sum runs over all the fermions of the theory (quarks and leptons), and the fields <math>A_{\mu\nu}^{}</math>, <math>Z_{\mu\nu}^{}</math>, <math>W^-_{\mu\nu}</math>, and <math>W^+_{\mu\nu}\equiv(W^-_{\mu\nu})^\dagger</math>  are given as
 
:<math>X_{\mu\nu}=\partial_\mu X_\nu - \partial_\nu X_\mu + g f^{abc}X^{b}_{\mu}X^{c}_{\nu}</math>, (replace X by the relevant field, and  ''f''<sup>abc</sup> with the structure constants for the gauge group).
 
The neutral current <math>\mathcal{L}_N</math> and charged current <math>\mathcal{L}_C</math> components of the Lagrangian contain the interactions between the fermions and gauge bosons.
 
:<math>\mathcal{L}_{N} = e J_\mu^{em} A^\mu + \frac g{\cos\theta_W}(J_\mu^3-\sin^2\theta_WJ_\mu^{em})Z^\mu</math>,
 
where the  electromagnetic current <math>J_\mu^{em}</math> and the neutral weak current <math>J_\mu^3</math> are
 
:<math>J_\mu^{em} = \sum_f q_f\overline{f}\gamma_\mu f</math>,
 
and
 
:<math>J_\mu^3 = \sum_f I^3_f\overline{f} \gamma_\mu\frac{1-\gamma^5}{2}  f</math>
 
<math>q_f^{}</math> and <math>I_f^3</math> are the fermions' electric charges and weak isospin.
 
The charged current part of the Lagrangian is given by
 
:<math>\mathcal{L}_C=-\frac g{\sqrt2}\left[\overline u_i\gamma^\mu\frac{1-\gamma^5}2M^{CKM}_{ij}d_j+\overline\nu_i\gamma^\mu\frac{1-\gamma^5}2e_i\right]W_\mu^++h.c.</math>
 
<math>\mathcal{L}_H</math> contains the Higgs three-point and four-point self interaction terms.
 
:<math>\mathcal{L}_H=-\frac{gm_H^2}{4m_W}H^3-\frac{g^2m_H^2}{32m_W^2}H^4</math>
 
<math>\mathcal{L}_{HV}</math> contains the Higgs interactions with gauge vector bosons.
 
:<math>\mathcal{L}_{HV}=\left(gm_WH+\frac{g^2}4H^2\right)\left(W_\mu^+W^{-\mu}+\frac1{2\cos^2\theta_W}Z_\mu Z^\mu\right)</math>
 
<math>\mathcal{L}_{WWV}</math> contains the gauge three-point self interactions.
 
:<math>\mathcal{L}_{WWV}=-ig[(W_{\mu\nu}^+W^{-\mu}-W^{+\mu}W_{\mu\nu}^-)(A^\nu\sin\theta_W-Z^\nu\cos\theta_W)+W_\nu^-W_\mu^+(A^{\mu\nu}\sin\theta_W-Z^{\mu\nu}\cos\theta_W)]</math>
 
<math>\mathcal{L}_{WWVV}</math> contains the gauge four-point self interactions
 
:<math>\begin{align}
\mathcal{L}_{WWVV} = -\frac{g^2}4 \Big\{&[2W_\mu^+W^{-\mu} + (A_\mu\sin\theta_W - Z_\mu\cos\theta_W)^2]^2
\\
&- [W_\mu^+W_\nu^- + W_\nu^+W_\mu^- + (A_\mu\sin\theta_W - Z_\mu\cos\theta_W) (A_\nu\sin\theta_W - Z_\nu\cos\theta_W)]^2\Big\}
\end{align}</math>
 
and <math>\mathcal{L}_Y</math> contains the Yukawa interactions between the fermions and the Higgs field.
 
:<math>\mathcal{L}_Y = -\sum_f \frac{gm_f}{2m_W}\overline ffH</math>
 
Note the <math>\frac{1-\gamma^5}{2}</math> factors in the weak couplings: these factors project out the left handed components of the spinor fields. This is why electroweak theory (after symmetry breaking) is commonly said to be a [[chiral theory]].
 
==See also==
*[[Fundamental force]]s
*[[Standard model (basic details)|Formulation of the standard model]]
*[[Weinberg angle]]
*[[Unitarity gauge]]
 
== References ==
<references/>
 
===General readers===
*{{cite book
|author=B.A. Schumm
|year=2004
|title=Deep Down Things: The Breathtaking Beauty of Particle Physics
|publisher=[[Johns Hopkins University Press]]
|isbn=0-8018-7971-X
}} Conveys much of the [[Standard Model]] with no formal mathematics. Very thorough on the weak interaction.
 
=== Texts ===
*{{cite book
| author=D.J. Griffiths
| year=1987
| title=Introduction to Elementary Particles
| publisher=[[John Wiley & Sons]]
| isbn=0-471-60386-4
}}
*{{cite book
| author=W. Greiner, B. Müller
| year=2000
| title=Gauge Theory of Weak Interactions
| publisher=[[Springer (publisher)|Springer]]
| isbn=3-540-67672-4
}}
*{{cite book
| author=G.L. Kane
| year=1987
| title=Modern Elementary Particle Physics
| publisher=[[Perseus Books]]
| isbn=0-201-11749-5
}}
 
=== Articles ===
*{{cite journal
|author=E.S. Abers, B.W. Lee
|year=1973
|title=Gauge theories
|journal=[[Physics Reports]]
|volume=9 |pages=1–141
|doi=10.1016/0370-1573(73)90027-6
|bibcode = 1973PhR.....9....1A }}
*{{cite journal
|author=Y. Hayato ''et al.''
|year=1999
|title=Search for Proton Decay through p → νK<sup>+</sup> in a Large Water Cherenkov Detector
|journal=[[Physical Review Letters]]
|volume=83 |pages=1529
|doi=10.1103/PhysRevLett.83.1529
|bibcode=1999PhRvL..83.1529H
|arxiv = hep-ex/9904020
|issue=8 }}
*{{cite journal
|author=J. Hucks
|year=1991
|title=Global structure of the standard model, anomalies, and charge quantization
|journal=[[Physical Review D]]
|volume=43 |pages=2709–2717
|doi=10.1103/PhysRevD.43.2709
|bibcode = 1991PhRvD..43.2709H
|issue=8 }}
* {{cite arxiv
|author=S.F. Novaes
|year=2000
|title=Standard Model: An Introduction
|class=hep-ph
|eprint=hep-ph/0001283
}}
*{{cite arxiv
|author=D.P. Roy
|year=1999
|title=Basic Constituents of Matter and their Interactions — A Progress Report
|class=hep-ph
|eprint=hep-ph/9912523
}}
 
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