Contemporary status and prospects of high-energy physics

A concise review of the most recent major achievements of elementary-particle physics is given. The successes and problems of gauge theories of the strong and electroweak interactions are discussed. A comparison is made of the possible alternatives in the development of physics in the transition to laboratory energies of the order of a tera-electron-volt. Models of grand unification and superunification of the various types of fundamental interactions are considered. A number of examples are used to demonstrate the connection between the properties of elementary particles and the properties of astronomical objects and of the Universe as a whole.

PACS: 11.10.−z, 11.90.+t, 12.20.Hx, 95.30.Cq (all)
DOI: 10.1070/PU1981v024n05ABEH004830
URL: https://ufn.ru/en/articles/1981/5/a/
Citation: Okun’ L B "Contemporary status and prospects of high-energy physics" Sov. Phys. Usp. 24 341–365 (1981)

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Оригинал: Окунь Л Б «Современное состояние и перспективы физики высоких энергий» УФН 134 3–44 (1981); DOI: 10.3367/UFNr.0134.198105a.0003

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