SU(3)

GPTKB entity

Statements (52)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Lie_group
gptkbp:adjointRepresentation 8-dimensional
gptkbp:application classification of hadrons
flavor symmetry
color symmetry
eightfold way
gptkbp:centralTo cyclic group of order 3
gptkbp:compact compact
gptkbp:connectedness connected
gptkbp:defines group of 3x3 unitary matrices with determinant 1
gptkbp:dimensions 8
gptkbp:discoveredBy gptkb:Élie_Cartan
gptkbp:field complex numbers
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Special_Unitary_Group_of_degree_3
gptkbp:fundamentalRepresentation 3-dimensional
gptkbp:generation gptkb:Gell-Mann_matrices
gptkbp:generatorCount 8
gptkbp:homotopyGroup π1(SU(3)) = 0
π2(SU(3)) = 0
π3(SU(3)) = Z
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label SU(3)
gptkbp:introducedIn 1920s
gptkbp:Lie_algebra gptkb:su(3)
gptkbp:maximalTorus gptkb:U(1)_x_U(1)
gptkbp:notation gptkb:SU(3)
gptkbp:order infinite
gptkbp:rank 2
gptkbp:realForm gptkb:SL(3,C)
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:SU(2)
gptkb:SU(n)
gptkb:SU(1)
orthogonal group
gptkbp:simplyConnected yes
gptkbp:structure f^{abc} (structure constants of su(3))
gptkbp:type gptkb:group_of_people
gptkb:A2
gptkb:Lie_group
non-abelian group
compact group
connected group
gptkbp:usedIn gptkb:gauge_theory
gptkb:quantum_chromodynamics
particle physics
theory of strong interactions
gptkbp:Weyl_group gptkb:symmetric_group_S3
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Quantum_chromodynamics
gptkb:gauge_theory
gptkb:chromodynamique_quantique
gptkb:quantum_chromodynamics
gptkb:Strong_interaction
gptkb:Quantum_Chromodynamics
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5