Yang–Mills Theory

Gauge field theory based on SU(n) or any compact Lie group — the mathematics underneath the Standard Model and QCD.

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A quantum field theory for nuclear binding devised by Chen Ning Yang and Robert Mills, and the generic term for the class of similar theories.
A gauge theory based on the special unitary group SU(n), or more generally any compact Lie group.
Yang and Mills devised it while sharing an office at Brookhaven National Laboratory during the academic year 1953–1954.