{
  "ai.module": "standard_model.rtt1",
  "ai.version": "1.0",
  "ai.purpose": "RTT/1 engine layer for the Standard Model: operator grammar for excitation sectors, gauge interactions, symmetry structure, and minimal coherence examples.",
  "ai.keywords": [
    "standard model",
    "excitations",
    "sector grammar",
    "gauge symmetry",
    "higgs mechanism",
    "qft",
    "rtt1"
  ],

  "engine": {
    "layer": "RTT/1",
    "description": "Defines the operator grammar and dimensional behavior of excitation modes, gauge interactions, and symmetry structure within the RTT substrate."
  },

  "operators": {
    "core": {
      "excitation_operator": {
        "type": "mode_operator",
        "description": "Represents stable excitation modes (quarks, leptons, bosons) of substrate fields.",
        "signals": ["mass_dimension", "spin_structure", "sector_identity"]
      },
      "gauge_interaction_operator": {
        "type": "interaction_operator",
        "description": "Defines interaction channels via gauge symmetries (SU(3), SU(2), U(1)).",
        "signals": ["coupling_strength", "charge_assignment"]
      },
      "symmetry_operator": {
        "type": "structure_operator",
        "description": "Encodes gauge symmetry structure and sector boundaries.",
        "signals": ["group_generators", "symmetry_breaking"]
      },
      "higgs_coupling_operator": {
        "type": "mass_operator",
        "description": "Generates mass through coupling to the Higgs field.",
        "signals": ["yukawa_strength", "mass_generation"]
      },
      "sector_transition_operator": {
        "type": "boundary_operator",
        "description": "Describes transitions between excitation sectors (e.g., flavor changes).",
        "signals": ["mixing_angles", "transition_probability"]
      }
    },

    "supporting": {
      "mass_generation_operator": {
        "type": "stability_operator",
        "description": "Defines how excitations acquire mass through Higgs coupling."
      },
      "charge_assignment_operator": {
        "type": "classification_operator",
        "description": "Assigns electric, color, and weak charges to excitation modes."
      },
      "flavor_operator": {
        "type": "variation_operator",
        "description": "Encodes flavor structure and mixing matrices."
      },
      "color_operator": {
        "type": "sector_operator",
        "description": "Defines SU(3) color charge and confinement behavior."
      }
    }
  },

  "dimensional_mapping": {
    "R1": "SM collapses; excitations undefined; QM dominates.",
    "R2": "Stable excitation sectors; gauge interactions well-defined.",
    "R3": "High-energy resonance; symmetry restoration; sector unification behavior.",
    "R4": "SM incomplete; cosmological fields dominate."
  },

  "coherence": {
    "markers": [
      "gauge symmetry preservation",
      "stable excitation spectra",
      "charge conservation",
      "renormalizable interactions"
    ],
    "instability_signals": [
      "symmetry breaking",
      "non-perturbative divergence",
      "sector collapse",
      "high-energy instability"
    ]
  },

  "examples": {
    "minimal": [
      {
        "name": "Electron Mass Generation",
        "demonstrates": ["higgs_coupling_operator", "mass_generation_operator"]
      },
      {
        "name": "Quark Color Confinement",
        "demonstrates": ["color_operator", "gauge_interaction_operator"]
      },
      {
        "name": "Photon as a Massless Excitation",
        "demonstrates": ["excitation_operator", "symmetry_operator"]
      }
    ]
  },

  "integration": {
    "cross_module": [
      "quantum_field_theory.rtt1",
      "quantum_mechanics.rtt1",
      "special_relativity.rtt1",
      "cosmology.rtt1"
    ],
    "notes": "RTT/1 treats the Standard Model as a sector grammar; deeper resonance and substrate integration occur in RTT/2 and RTT/3."
  }
}