Concepts of Elementary Particle Physics

Concepts of Elementary Particle Physics – Ebook Instant Download/Delivery ISBN(s): 9780198812197,0198812191,9780192540270, 0192540270

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• ISBN 10: 0192540270
• ISBN 13: 9780192540270
• Author: Michael E. Peskin

The purpose of this textbook is to explain the Standard Model of particle physics to a student with an undergraduate preparation in physics. Today we can claim to have a fundamental picture of the strong and weak subnuclear forces. Through an interplay between theory and experiment, we have learned the basic equations through which these forces operate, and we have tested these equations against observations at particle accelerators. The story is beautiful and full of surprises. Using a simplified presentation that does not assume prior knowledge of quantum field theory, this book begins from basic concepts of special relativity and quantum mechanics, describes the key experiments that have clarified the structure of elementary particle interactions, introduces the crucial theoretical concepts, and builds up to the full description of elementary particle interactions as we know them today.

Table of contents:

1. Part I Preliminaries and Tools
2. 1 Introduction
3. 2 Symmetries of Space-Time
4. 3 Relativistic Wave Equations
5. 4 The Hydrogen Atom and Positronium
6. 5 The Quark Model
7. 6 Detectors of Elementary Particles
8. 7 Tools for Calculation
9. Part II The Strong Interaction
10. 8 Electron-Positron Annihilation
11. 9 Deep Inelastic Electron Scattering
12. 10 The Gluon
13. 11 Quantum Chromodynamics
14. 12 Partons and Jets
15. 13 QCD at Hadron Colliders
16. 14 Chiral Symmetry
17. Part III The Weak Interaction
18. 15 The Current-Current Model of the Weak Interaction
19. 16 Gauge Theories with Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking
20. 17 The W and Z Bosons
21. 18 Quark Mixing Angles and Weak Decays
22. 19 CP Violation
23. 20 Neutrino Masses and Mixings
24. 21 The Higgs Boson
25. Part IV Epilogue
26. 22 Epilogue

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