Screen LibraryIntroduction to elementary particle physics
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Cambridge University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Cambridge |
| Publication Dates: | 2008. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | xiv, 431 p.: ill. ; 26 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780521880213 (hbk.) 0521880211 (hbk.) |
| Index Number: | O572 |
| CLC: | O572.2 |
| Call Number: | O572.2/B565 |
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Includes bibliographical references (p.418-423) and index. 1. Preliminary notions -- 2. Nucleons, leptons and bosons -- 3. Symmetries -- 4. Hadrons -- 5. Quantum electrodynamics -- 6. Chromodynamics -- 7. Weak interactions -- 8. neutral K and B mesons and CP violation -- 9. Standard Model -- 10. Beyond the Standard Model -- App. 1. Greek alphabet -- App. 2. Fundamental constants -- App. 3. Properties of elementary particles -- App. 4. Clebsch-Gordan coefficients -- App. 5. Spherical harmonics and d-functions -- App. 6. Experimental and theoretical discoveries in particle physics. "The Standard Model is the theory of elementary building blocks of matter and of their forces. It is the most comprehensive physical theory ever developed, and has been experimentally tested with high accuracy." "This textbook conveys the basic elements of the Standard Model using elementary concepts, without theoretical rigour. While most texts on this subject emphasise theoretical aspects, this textbook contains examples of basic experiments, before going into the theory. This allows readers to see how measurements and theory interplay in the development of physics. The author examines leptons, hadrons and quarks, before presenting the dynamics and the surprising properties of the charges of the different forces. The textbook concludes with a brief discussion on the recent discoveries of physics beyond the Standard Model, and its connections with cosmology." |