Short description This undergraduate classic, long since recommended by many lecturers, combines a lively style with the rigor needed for a solid understanding of the theories, models and calculation techniques. New to this edition is a solution manual to the numerous end-of-chapter problems.
From the contents 1 Historical Introduction to the Elementary Particles 2 Elementary Particle Dynamics 3 Relativistic Kinematics 4 Symmetries 5 Bound States 6 The Feynman Calculus 7 Quantum Electrodynamics 8 Electrodynamics and Chromodynamics of Quarks 9 Weak Interactions 10 Gauge Theories 11 Neutrino Oscillations 12 Afterword: What´s Next? A The Dirac Delta Function B Decay Rates and Cross Sections C Pauli and Dirac Matrices D Feynman Rules (Tree Level)