This fourth edition is a comprehensive introduction to particle physics, from quarks to Higgs, from black holes to gravity waves. It is fully revised, including the most recent ideas and discoveries, and the latest avenues of research. It is valuable to anyone interested in particle physics.
This fourth edition is a comprehensive introduction to particle physics, from quarks to Higgs, from black holes to gravity waves. It is fully revised, including the most recent ideas and discoveries, and the latest avenues of research. It is valuable to anyone interested in particle physics.
James E. Dodd is co-founder of the St Cross College Centre for the History and Philosophy of Physics. He has studied Physics at the University of London, the Univsity of Oxford and the University of Cambridge, and focused on the production of charmed particles in high energy hadron collisions.
Inhaltsangabe
Preface Part I. Introduction: 1. Matter and light 2. Special relativity 3. Quantum mechanics 4. Relativistic quantum theory Part II. Basic Particle Physics: 5. The fundamental forces 6. Symmetry in the microworld 7. Mesons 8. Strange particles Part III. Strong Interaction Physics: 9. Resonance particles 10. SU(3) and quarks Part IV. Weak Interaction Physics I: 11. The violation of parity 12. Fermi's theory of the weak interactions 13. Two neutrinos 14. Neutral kaons and CP violation Part V. Weak Interaction Physics II: 15. The current-current theory of the weak interactions 16. An example leptonic process: electron-neutrino scattering 17. The weak interactions of hadrons 18. The W boson Part VI. Gauge Theory of the Weak Interactions: 19. Motivation for the theory 20. Gauge theory 21. Spontaneous symmetry breaking 22. The Glashow-Weinberg-Salam model 23. Consequences of the model 24. The hunt for the W±, Z0 bosons Part VII. Deep Inelastic Scattering: 25. Deep inelastic processes 26. Electron-nucleon scattering 27. The deep inelastic microscope 28. Neutrino-nucleon scattering 29. The quark model of the structure functions Part VIII. Quantum Chromodynamics - The Theory of Quarks: 30. Coloured quarks 31. Colour gauge theory 32. Asymptotic freedom 33. Quark confinement Part IX. Electron-Positron Collisions: 34. Probing the vacuum 35. Quarks and charm 36. Another generation Part X. The Standard Model: 37. The model in summary 38. Precision tests of the model 39. Flavour Mixing and CP violation 40. The Large Hadron Collider 41. Discovery and properties of the Higgs boson Part XI. Beyond the Standard Model: 42. Reasons to go beyond 43. Neutrino masses and mixing 44. Grand unification 45. Supersymmetry 46. Composite Higgs models 47. Axions and the Strong CP problem Part XII. Particle Physics and Cosmology: 48. The big bang and inflation 49. The cosmic microwave background 50. The matter-anti-matter asymmetry 51. Dark matter 52. Dark energy Part XIII. Gravity and Gravitational Waves: 53. From general relativity to gravitational waves 54. The discovery of gravitational waves 55. Gravitational wave and multi-messenger astronomy 56. The future: Super Ligo and LISA Part XIV. String Theory: 57. Origins - the hadronic string 58. String theory to M-theory 59. The AdS-CFT correspondence 60. Consequences of the theory Part XV. The Future - To Boldly Go!: 61. Accelerators, observatories and other experiments 62. Known unknowns 63. Glittering prizes 64. Unknown unknowns: it must be beautiful Appendices: 1. Units and constants 2. Glossary 3. List of symbols 4. Bibliography 5. Elementary particles data Name index Subject index.
Preface Part I. Introduction: 1. Matter and light 2. Special relativity 3. Quantum mechanics 4. Relativistic quantum theory Part II. Basic Particle Physics: 5. The fundamental forces 6. Symmetry in the microworld 7. Mesons 8. Strange particles Part III. Strong Interaction Physics: 9. Resonance particles 10. SU(3) and quarks Part IV. Weak Interaction Physics I: 11. The violation of parity 12. Fermi's theory of the weak interactions 13. Two neutrinos 14. Neutral kaons and CP violation Part V. Weak Interaction Physics II: 15. The current-current theory of the weak interactions 16. An example leptonic process: electron-neutrino scattering 17. The weak interactions of hadrons 18. The W boson Part VI. Gauge Theory of the Weak Interactions: 19. Motivation for the theory 20. Gauge theory 21. Spontaneous symmetry breaking 22. The Glashow-Weinberg-Salam model 23. Consequences of the model 24. The hunt for the W±, Z0 bosons Part VII. Deep Inelastic Scattering: 25. Deep inelastic processes 26. Electron-nucleon scattering 27. The deep inelastic microscope 28. Neutrino-nucleon scattering 29. The quark model of the structure functions Part VIII. Quantum Chromodynamics - The Theory of Quarks: 30. Coloured quarks 31. Colour gauge theory 32. Asymptotic freedom 33. Quark confinement Part IX. Electron-Positron Collisions: 34. Probing the vacuum 35. Quarks and charm 36. Another generation Part X. The Standard Model: 37. The model in summary 38. Precision tests of the model 39. Flavour Mixing and CP violation 40. The Large Hadron Collider 41. Discovery and properties of the Higgs boson Part XI. Beyond the Standard Model: 42. Reasons to go beyond 43. Neutrino masses and mixing 44. Grand unification 45. Supersymmetry 46. Composite Higgs models 47. Axions and the Strong CP problem Part XII. Particle Physics and Cosmology: 48. The big bang and inflation 49. The cosmic microwave background 50. The matter-anti-matter asymmetry 51. Dark matter 52. Dark energy Part XIII. Gravity and Gravitational Waves: 53. From general relativity to gravitational waves 54. The discovery of gravitational waves 55. Gravitational wave and multi-messenger astronomy 56. The future: Super Ligo and LISA Part XIV. String Theory: 57. Origins - the hadronic string 58. String theory to M-theory 59. The AdS-CFT correspondence 60. Consequences of the theory Part XV. The Future - To Boldly Go!: 61. Accelerators, observatories and other experiments 62. Known unknowns 63. Glittering prizes 64. Unknown unknowns: it must be beautiful Appendices: 1. Units and constants 2. Glossary 3. List of symbols 4. Bibliography 5. Elementary particles data Name index Subject index.
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