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Left-handed lepton doublet field

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Summary

For each generation, a color-singlet $SU(2)_L$ doublet $L_L=(\nu_L,e_L)$ with weak hypercharge $-1/2$ .

Record metadata

Canonical name: Left-handed lepton doublet field
Concept ID: left_handed_lepton_doublet
Content version: 2.3.0
Primary field: Physics
Fields: Physics
Primary domain: Quantum field theory
Domains: Quantum field theory
Alternate terminology: No alternate terminology is currently authored for this record.
Concept type: Chiral matter multiplet

Concept sources

Wikipedia — Mathematical formulation of the Standard Model — Mathematical formulation of the Standard Model · encyclopedic reference · source ID wp-physics-standard_model_chiral_multiplet
PDG — Electroweak Model and Constraints on New Physics (Review of Particle Physics 2026) — Electroweak Model and Constraints on New Physics (Review of Particle Physics 2026) · Particle Data Group review · source ID pdg-standard-model
Cambridge — Particle Physics — Particle Physics · University of Cambridge lecture notes · source ID tong-particle

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Standard Model chiral fermion multiplet Left-handed lepton doublet field

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This is an authored directed relation from the source endpoint to the target endpoint.

Relation ID: chiral_to_ldoublet
Relation type: Classification classification
Direction: source → target
Endpoint roles: source: Has subtype; target: Classified as
Authored annotation: left lepton doublet

Authored explanation

One Standard Model chiral representation type is the left-handed lepton doublet.

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The target is a member or subtype of the broader source class.

Relation sources

Wikipedia — Mathematical formulation of the Standard Model — Mathematical formulation of the Standard Model · encyclopedic reference · source ID wp-physics-standard_model_chiral_multiplet
nLab — standard model of particle physics — standard model of particle physics · mathematical physics reference · source ID nlab-physics-standard_model
PDG — Electroweak Model and Constraints on New Physics (Review of Particle Physics 2026) — Electroweak Model and Constraints on New Physics (Review of Particle Physics 2026) · Particle Data Group review · source ID pdg-standard-model
Cambridge — Particle Physics — Particle Physics · University of Cambridge lecture notes · source ID tong-particle

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