The Standard Model as a Particle Framework
Particle physicists use the Standard Model to describe what everything is made of, and the video addresses learners who want a coherent map of the universe’s smallest building blocks.
Fermions and the Three Generations of Matter
The video focuses on fermions, the matter particles that make up atoms, stars, and living beings, and it introduces quarks and leptons as the two fundamental fermion families.
Antimatter as Particle-Antiparticle Pairs
Every matter particle has a corresponding antiparticle, and the video frames antimatter as a mirror version of fermions that share mass and other properties with opposite electric charge.
Gauge Bosons as Messenger Forces
The Standard Model assigns bosons the role of messengers between matter particles, and the video explains how specific bosons correspond to fundamental interactions.
The Higgs Field as a Mass Giver
The Higgs field interacts with all Standard Model particles, and the video introduces it as the mechanism that gives particles their mass rather than as a conventional force carrier.
Gravity Missing from the Standard Model
Physicists use the Standard Model to explain three fundamental interactions, yet they still rely on general relativity to describe gravity in the cosmos.