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The Standard Model, unfolded

An interactive journey from the symmetries of the Standard Model to its particles, interactions, and open questions.

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Overview Build the equation Equation Atlas Art mode later

Interactive field theory

The Standard Model, unfolded.

Follow the equation in both directions: backwards to the symmetries that constrain it, and forwards to the particles and interactions it describes.

One equation \(\mathcal L_{\mathrm{SM}}=\mathcal L_{\mathrm{gauge}}+\mathcal L_{\mathrm{fermions}}+\mathcal L_{\mathrm{Higgs}}+\mathcal L_{\mathrm{Yukawa}}\) many consequences

Available now

Choose how you want to enter

The two views use the same mathematical catalogue, so every term keeps the same notation, sector, and meaning.

01

Guided route

Build the Lagrangian

Start from the gauge symmetry and add gauge fields, matter, the Higgs sector, and Yukawa couplings one layer at a time.

Begin the guided chapter →
02

Free exploration

Open the Equation Atlas

Choose a field basis, isolate sectors, compare five levels of development, explain symbols, and export clean LaTeX.

Explore the equation →

Growing atlas

Where the project goes next

Each future module will remain traceable to the same exact terms rather than becoming a separate particle-physics poster.

03

Interaction Atlas

Move from a monomial to its vertex, a representative Feynman diagram, and a physical process.

Planned
04

EWSB Laboratory

Watch the Higgs shift reorganise fields into the photon, \(W^\pm\), \(Z\), masses, and Higgs interactions.

Planned
05

Scope and extensions

Separate quantisation machinery, allowed but omitted terms, and genuine extensions such as neutrino masses, EFT operators, and gravity.

Planned
06

Art mode

The previous floating ribbon is paused. A new visual idea will be developed only when it adds something genuinely worthwhile.

On hold
The organising rule

Every visual explanation should point to an exact term, and every term should eventually lead to a physical consequence.