morgsboi Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 (edited) Hi, I had been looking all over the internet for this equation that describes everything except gravity. I finally found it but it is on a shirt! :S Anyway, please could I know: The name of the equation What it means And it put in layman terms Any other information you have on it would be great. I'm new to it and it interests me so i would really like to know more about it. Thank you. Edit: Forgot the bloody link! Stupid me. XD http://www.zazzle.co...614641326468730 Edit 2: I think it is called the Higgs Field. But I'm not sure. Edited March 20, 2012 by morgsboi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xittenn Posted March 21, 2012 Share Posted March 21, 2012 The Standard Model for Particle Physics! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajb Posted March 21, 2012 Share Posted March 21, 2012 Yes, it looks like the Lagrangian for the standard model. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morgsboi Posted March 21, 2012 Author Share Posted March 21, 2012 Thanks to you both, can anyone explain it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ydoaPs Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 Thanks to you both, can anyone explain it? What do you mean? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zapatos Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 From your link: This equation is the Standard Model of particle physics. It describes what the world is and what holds it together. In other words, it explains the fundamental particles in the universe and the forces with which they interact, except for general relativity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morgsboi Posted March 22, 2012 Author Share Posted March 22, 2012 What do you mean? So, what do the symbols mean so I can actually understand the whole equation. I know what the particles are. Anyway, I'm just doing something new really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ydoaPs Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 So, what do the symbols mean so I can actually understand the whole equation. I know what the particles are. Anyway, I'm just doing something new really. If you don't understand the math behind it already, there's not a whole lot of explaining that can be done short of teaching you loads of math. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morgsboi Posted March 22, 2012 Author Share Posted March 22, 2012 If you don't understand the math behind it already, there's not a whole lot of explaining that can be done short of teaching you loads of math. I understand the math, I just don't understand all the math symbols. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the asinine cretin Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 Tee-hee. http://www.quantumdiaries.org/2011/06/26/cern-mug-summarizes-standard-model-but-is-off-by-a-factor-of-2/ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sato Posted April 6, 2012 Share Posted April 6, 2012 Knowing the math includes knowing the symbols and operators- http://physics.info/symbols/. Have fun learning the math. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elfmotat Posted April 6, 2012 Share Posted April 6, 2012 (edited) Thanks to you both, can anyone explain it? Basically there's this thing called "action" (denoted with the symbol S) and things always follow a path that extremizes the action (makes it as small or large as possible*). The action is the integral of the Lagrangian density over spacetime: [math]S=\int \mathcal{L}d^4x[/math] So to find the path on which things move, you just extremize the action: [math]\delta S=0[/math] *Technically it doesn't need to be a minimum or maximum - it can also be a "saddle point," but this is just a technicality. Edited April 6, 2012 by elfmotat 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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