An Introduction to the Standard Model of Particle Physics D. A. Greenwood, W. N. Cottingham
Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Obviously, the Higgs boson's mass is less than infinite. €�This, perhaps, shows that we should take a step back and start thinking anew on the problems for which SUSY-based phenomenology was introduced,” Shifman said. But Veltman, who helped to shape this model, is cynical. For an introduction to the Higgs boson, click here, here, or here (This last one is pretty good). So let's talk mass and why this is still a very good thing for particle physics. Moreover, Veltman contends that there is no such thing as dark matter. In addition, alternative models to the Standard Model are introduced as well. €�Particle Physics” — an open source textbook edited by Eugene Kennedy — introduces the generation model and the charged Higgs boson model. So far, no hints of “new physics” beyond the Standard Model — the accepted set of equations describing the known elementary particles — have shown up in experiments at the Large Hadron Collider, operated by the European research laboratory CERN outside Geneva, or anywhere else. The students see it as another success for the standard model of particle physics. The Higgs boson theory is a theory based on the Standard Model of Particle Physics – a model of the fundamental particles which make up the universe and a model capable of explaining all physics as we know it today! The Standard Model of Particle Physics (SM) is the theory that describes, well, everything with the exception of gravity (Yes, this is admittedly a pretty big exception).