Standard Model Chart

[[Tycho?]]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/4c/Particle_chart.jpg

 

This is a chart of the standard model (obviously). I'm considering getting my dad to get this chart printed out in full size so I can put it on my wall. You fellows are quite knowledgable so I figured I would ask if this is a good thing. Is this a useful/accurate chart? Are there any (online or mail order) charts that would be better for a young physics major? I wont be needing it for school for at least a year, so it doesn't have to be super-accurate, just enough for general questions and the like.

[ydoaPs]

My physics teacher last year had this exact chart. He didn't really know what he was talking about, though, on most things.

[Martin]

looks great to me (just glanced)

 

if you think anything might be wrong, or you want to check, there is something called the "Review of Particle Physics", by the Particle Data Group

where you can check each detail if you want

they keep the particle data book comprehensive, up to date and as precise as possible

 

this chart would just be a easy to use summary of the highlights of that other source

 

they sell their stuff here

http://cpepweb.org

lot of different charts and stuff.

seems overpriced though

 

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if very interested, check this online stuff

 

main Particle Data Group page:

http://pdg.lbl.gov/pdg.html

 

tables in PDF:

http://pdg.lbl.gov/2006/tables/contents_tables.html

[[Tycho?]]

Hey thanks for the links martin. That same group has posters of plasma/fusion physics, nuclear physics and cosmology, oh my how will I decide?

 

I'll probably get the one I posted though, I bet it would be the cheapest.

[Severian]

I am a professional particle physicist and that very poster is up in the corridor just outside my office.

 

You could also be a cheapskate and print off that image in A1 size.

[[Tycho?]]

If that isn't a good endorsement, I dont know what is.

 

My dad's job involves getting a lot of stuff printed, so I'll get him to do it fullsized since a) he knows how to do it properly and b) he can probably get a discount of some sort.

 

Thanks for the help.

[bascule]

My physics teacher last year had this exact chart. He didn't really know what he was talking about, though, on most things.

 

My physics teacher in high school, who also had no idea what she was talking about, gave me that as well. I've managed to hang onto it for the past 6 years or so and still have it today.

[timo]

My physics teacher in high school, who also had no idea what she was talking about, gave me that as well. I've managed to hang onto it for the past 6 years or so and still have it today.

 

What do you use it for? I mean: I seldomly have to look up the top-mass in everyday life.

[[Tycho?]]

What do you use it for? I mean: I seldomly have to look up the top-mass in everyday life.

 

I myself would use it for just general interest stuff. I'm majoring in physics, and I dont know most of these particles. Whats a muon? Whats a lepton? A neutron is made out of 2 up quarks and 1 down, or wait, is it the other way around? It just encourages me to learn these sort of things.

 

I also have a map in my room, it was one of the first things I bought. I dont *need* it, but its just a good piece of refference material to have around, it being in my room I tend to look at it, and learn it.