{
  "ai.module": "standard_model",
  "ai.version": "1.0",
  "ai.purpose": "Provide a regime-aware, sector-based interface to the Standard Model as a grammar of excitation modes, gauge interactions, and symmetry structure.",
  "ai.keywords": [
    "standard model",
    "sector grammar",
    "excitations",
    "gauge symmetry",
    "higgs field",
    "qft",
    "triadic frameworks"
  ],

  "identity": {
    "name": "Standard Model of Particle Physics",
    "category": "Scientific Theory",
    "summary": "A sector-based resonance grammar describing quarks, leptons, gauge bosons, and the Higgs as excitation modes of deeper substrate fields.",
    "regime": ["R2→R3", "R2", "R3"],
    "status": "canon-ready"
  },

  "lineage": {
    "originators": [
      "Sheldon Glashow",
      "Steven Weinberg",
      "Abdus Salam",
      "Peter Higgs and collaborators"
    ],
    "historical_period": "20th Century",
    "source_domain": "Quantum Field Theory",
    "related_theories": [
      "quantum_field_theory",
      "quantum_mechanics",
      "special_relativity",
      "cosmology"
    ],
    "notes": "The Standard Model is reinterpreted as a sector grammar of excitations, not a literal ontology of particles."
  },

  "operators": {
    "primary": [
      "excitation_operator",
      "gauge_interaction_operator",
      "symmetry_operator",
      "higgs_coupling_operator",
      "sector_transition_operator"
    ],
    "secondary": [
      "mass_generation_operator",
      "charge_assignment_operator",
      "flavor_operator",
      "color_operator"
    ],
    "description": "Operators describe how excitation modes arise, interact, and stabilize within gauge-defined sectors."
  },

  "drift": {
    "risks": [
      "treating particles as tiny objects",
      "interpreting gauge fields as forces acting at a distance",
      "assuming the SM is a complete theory",
      "overextending SM into cosmological regimes"
    ],
    "boundaries": [
      "SM describes excitation sectors, not ontology",
      "gauge symmetry defines interaction channels",
      "mass arises from Higgs coupling",
      "SM breaks down in R1 and R4"
    ]
  },

  "coherence": {
    "invariants": [
      "gauge symmetry",
      "renormalizability",
      "stable excitation spectra",
      "conserved charges"
    ],
    "failure_modes": [
      "symmetry breaking",
      "non-perturbative instability",
      "high-energy divergence",
      "sector collapse"
    ]
  },

  "cross_module": {
    "supports": [
      "quantum_field_theory",
      "cosmology",
      "nuclear_physics",
      "information_theory"
    ],
    "supported_by": [
      "special_relativity",
      "quantum_mechanics",
      "regime_awareness"
    ],
    "integration_notes": "The Standard Model integrates with RTT engines as a sector grammar operating in R2→R3, defining excitation modes and interaction channels."
  }
}