Summary of the elementary particles of the Standard Model, & extensions. Inspired by the commonly used Wikipedia image.
The Standard Model
Transparent, and grouping particles by interaction with vector bosons:With boxes fully colored:
Including the hypothetical graviton (tensor boson, spin 2):
Splitting particles/antiparticles by electric charge (quarks and gluons as shown as different color states):
SM extensions and beyond the SM
The SM extended with a second Higgs doublet, i.e. the Two Higgs Doublet Model (2HDM), which introduces a second scalar, a new pseudoscalar (A), and two charged Higgs bosons:
Supersymmetry (SUSY) partner particles in the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model (MSSM):
The MSSM with three separate Higgsinos shown:
More general mass bosino eigenstates (charginos & neutralinos) of the MSSM after mixing of the winos and zino with higgsinos:
Highlighting & animated beamer presentation
By varying the opacity, one can highlight different part of groups. For example:
This is useful to change the focus in beamer presentations, (full code at the bottom):
Full code
Edit and compile if you like:
% Author: Izaak Neutelings (February 2023)% Description:% Standard Model (SM) of Particles Physics table,% with different groups highlighted (using opacity) for presentations% Inspired by:% https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Standard_Model_of_Elementary_Particles.svg\documentclass[border=3pt,tikz]{standalone}\usepackage{amsmath} % for \text\usepackage{xfrac} % for \myfrac\usepackage{bm} % for \bm\usetikzlibrary{calc}\usetikzlibrary{positioning}% FONT\usepackage{sansmath} % for \sansmath\renewcommand{\familydefault}{\sfdefault} % set sans serif font globally\sansmath % set sans serif font globally% UNSLANT GREEK LETTERS for particle symbols% https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/145926/upright-greek-font-fitting-to-computer-modern% https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/236915/adjust-custom-made-upright-greek-letters-when-used-in-subscripts\usepackage{scalerel}\newsavebox{\foobox}\newcommand{\slantbox}[2][0]{\mbox{%\sbox{\foobox}{#2}%\hskip\wd\foobox\pdfsave\pdfsetmatrix{1 0 #1 1}%\llap{\usebox{\foobox}}%\pdfrestore}}\newcommand\unslant[2][-.25]{%%\mkern1.2mu%\ThisStyle{\slantbox[#1]{$\SavedStyle#2$}}%\mkern-2.2mu%}\newcommand\PGm{\unslant\mu} % muon\newcommand\PGt{\unslant\tau} % tau\newcommand\PGn[1]{\unslant\nu_{#1}\mkern-1.5mu} % neutrino\newcommand\PAGn[1]{\overline{\unslant\nu}_{\mathrm{#1}}\mkern-1.5mu} % anti-neutrino\newcommand\PSGn[1]{\widetilde{\unslant\nu}_{\mathrm{#1}}\mkern-1.5mu} % sneutrino
Click to download the full example: SM_particles.tex • SM_particles.pdf
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Click to download a simplified/reduced example (without spin, charge, mass): SM_particles_simple.tex • SM_particles_simple.pdf
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Click to download the beamer example: SM_particles_beamer.tex • SM_particles_beamer.pdf
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