Eur. Phys. J. Plus (2018) 133: 483
https://doi.org/10.1140/epjp/i2018-12383-4

Review

Symmetries and fundamental interactions: Theory

Dipartimento di Matematica e Fisica “E. De Giorgi”, Università del Salento and INFN, Sezione di Lecce, Lecce, Italy

^* e-mail: luca.girlanda@le.infn.it

Received: 4 June 2018
Accepted: 24 September 2018
Published online: 28 November 2018

Abstract

These are the notes of a lecture given at the Pisa summer school on Basic nuclear interactions and their link to nuclear processes in the cosmos and on earth. Taking a historical perspective we will describe the gauge principle, which lies at the basis of all known fundamental interactions.