Particle physics

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Currently an informal name for the <Standard Model>

Chronological outline of the key theories:
* <Maxwell's equations>
* <Schrödinger equation>
  * Date: 1926
  * Numerical predictions:
    * <hydrogen spectral line>, excluding finer structure such as 2p up and down split: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fine-structure_constant
* <Dirac equation>
  * Date: 1928
  * Numerical predictions:
    * <hydrogen spectral line> including 2p split, but excluding even finer structure such as <Lamb shift>
  * Qualitative predictions:
    * Antimatter
    * Spin as part of the equation
* <quantum electrodynamics>
  * Date: 1947 onwards
  * Numerical predictions:
    * <Lamb shift>
  * Qualitative predictions:
    * Antimatter
    * <spin (physics)> as part of the equation
