Standard Model
A theory about the electromagnetic, weak, and strong nuclear interactions that mediate the dynamics of the known subatomic particles.
Proper noun
- A theory about the electromagnetic, weak, and strong nuclear interactions that mediate the dynamics of the known subatomic particles.
- I shall call this the standard model (SM). There is promise that this model is part of the truth. - 1977 January 1, Abraham Pais, “Current problems in the weak interactions”, in Symposium on five decades of weak...
- Prof Mark Lancaster, who is the UK lead for the experiment, told BBC News: "We have found the interaction of muons are not in agreement with the Standard Model [the current widely accepted theory to explain how the...
Origin
A proprialization of the collocation standard model, coined by American physicists Abraham Pais and Sam Treiman in 1975.