Joseph did you read this? Gauge theories are important as the successful field theories explaining the dynamics of elementary particles<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elementary_particles>. Quantum electrodynamics<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_electrodynamics>is an abelian <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abelian_group> gauge theory with the symmetry group U(1) <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unitary_group> and has one gauge field, the electromagnetic four-potential<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electromagnetic_four-potential>, *with the **photon* <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photon>* being the gauge boson. *The Standard Model <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_Model> is a non-abelian gauge theory with the symmetry group U(1)×SU(2)<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_unitary_group#n.3D2> ×SU(3) <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_unitary_group#n.3D3> and has a total of twelve gauge bosons: the photon<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photon>, three weak bosons <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weak_boson> and eight gluons<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gluons> .
On Sun, Apr 21, 2013 at 6:48 PM, Joseph S. Barrera III <[email protected]>wrote: > I've read all that. But your definitions seem in conflict with what I've > read. > > - joe > > > On 4/21/2013 3:41 PM, Axil Axil wrote: > > See > > Feynman's view of quantum electrodynamics > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_electrodynamics > > > > See > > Force carrier > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Force_carrier > > See > > Gauge theory > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gauge_theory > > > See: > > Weak interaction > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weak_interaction > > > > > > On Sun, Apr 21, 2013 at 5:52 PM, Joseph S. Barrera III > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> On 4/21/2013 2:30 PM, Axil Axil wrote: >> >>> When sufficient electromagnetic charge carrying gage photons are >>> concentrated near the nucleus of the atom, The coupling constant between >>> the charge carrying photons and the Higgs field will increase sufficiently >>> to produce W+ or W- electroweak bosons that will change a neutron into a >>> proton through color change in one channel or produce alpha decay through >>> another channel. >>> >> >> What exactly do you mean by "gage photons"? All photons are gauge bosons. >> >> What do you mean by "charge carrying photons"? All photons are >> electrically neutral and thus do not carry charge. >> >> What do you mean by "color change" in "W+ or W- electroweak bosons that >> will change a neutron into a proton through color change"? Protons and >> neutrons are both color neutral. When a neutron changes to a proton, it is >> by flavor change, not color change. >> >> - Joe >> >> > >
