carbon (changes) in nLab
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Context
Fields and quanta
fields and particles in particle physics
and in the standard model of particle physics:
matter field fermions (spinors, Dirac fields)
| flavors of fundamental fermions in the standard model of particle physics: | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| generation of fermions | 1st generation | 2nd generation | 3d generation |
| quarks (qq) | |||
| up-type | up quark (uu) | charm quark (cc) | top quark (tt) |
| down-type | down quark (dd) | strange quark (ss) | bottom quark (bb) |
| leptons | |||
| charged | electron | muon | tauon |
| neutral | electron neutrino | muon neutrino | tau neutrino |
| bound states: | |||
| mesons | light mesons: pion (udu d) ρ-meson (udu d) ω-meson (udu d) f1-meson a1-meson | strange-mesons: ϕ-meson (ss¯s \bar s), kaon, K*-meson (usu s, dsd s) eta-meson (uu+dd+ssu u + d d + s s) charmed heavy mesons: | bottom heavy mesons: B-meson (qbq b) ϒ-meson (bb¯b \bar b) |
| baryons | nucleons: proton (uud)(u u d) neutron (udd)(u d d) |
(also: antiparticles)
hadrons (bound states of the above quarks)
minimally extended supersymmetric standard model
bosinos:
dark matter candidates
Exotica
Contents
Idea
The chemical element with atomic number 6.
Properties
Skyrmion model
At least some aspects of the carbon atomic nucleus may be modeled by Skyrmions
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graphics grabbed form Lau-Manton 14
References
- P.H.C. Lau, Nicholas Manton, States of Carbon-12 in the Skyrme Model, Phys. Rev. Lett. 113, 232503 (2014) (arXiv:1408.6680)
See also:
See also
- Wikipedia, Carbon
Discussion of the carbon atomic nucleus via the Skyrmion model:
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P.H.C. Lau, Nicholas Manton, States of Carbon-12 in the Skyrme Model, Phys. Rev. Lett. 113, 232503 (2014) (arXiv:1408.6680)
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Christoph Adam, Carlos Naya, Andrzej Wereszczyński, Carbon-12 in the generalized Skyrme model [[arXiv:2401.08778](https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.08778)]
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