3. Edition - October 2008
129.- Euro
2008. 460 Pages, Hardcover
- Textbook -
ISBN-10: 0-470-03293-6
ISBN-13: 978-0-470-03293-0 - John Wiley & Sons






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The modern theory of particle physics is known as the standard model and explains particle physics in terms of the interactions of these particles. An essential introduction to the subject, Particle Physics, Third Edition carefully develops the standard model of particle physics while emphasizing the interpretation of experimental data in terms of the basic properties of quarks and leptons. Developed for physics and astronomy undergraduates, this accessible and carefully structured Third Edition includes new sections on neutrino physics as well as expanded coverage of detectors, including the LHC detector.

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CONTENTS


Suggested First Course


Editorsâ?(tm) Preface to the Manchester Physics Series


Authorsâ?(tm) Preface


Notes


1. SOME BASIC CONCEPTS

1.1 Introduction

1.2 Antiparticles

1.3 Interactions and Feynman Diagrams

1.4 Particle Exchange

1.5 Units and Dimensions

PROBLEMS 1


2. LEPTONS AND THE WEAK INTERACTION

2.1 Lepton Multiplets and Lepton Numbers

2.2 Leptonic Weak Interactions

2.3 Neutrino Masses and Neutrino Mixing

PROBLEMS 2


3. QUARKS AND HADRONS

3.1 Quarks

3.2 General Properties of Hadrons

3.3 Pions and Nucleons

3.4 Strange Particles, Charm and Bottom

3.5 Short-Lived Hadrons

3.6 Allowed Quantum Numbers and Exotics

PROBLEMS 3


4. EXPERIMENTAL METHODS

4.1 Overview

4.2 Accelerators and Beams

4.3 Particle Interactions with Matter

4.4 Particle Detectors

4.5 Detector Systems and Experiments

PROBLEMS 4


5. SPACE-TIME SYMMETRIES

5.1 Translational Invariance

5.2 Rotational Invariance

5.3 Parity

5.4 Charge Conjugation

5.5 Positronium


5.6 Time Reversal


PROBLEMS 5


6. THE QUARK MODEL

6.1 Isospin Symmetry

6.2 The Lightest Hadrons

6.3 Colour

6.4 Charmonium and Bottomium

PROBLEMS 6


7. QCD, JETS AND GLUONS

7.1 Quantum Chromodynamics

7.2 Electron-Positron Annihilation

7.3 Elastic Electron Scattering: The Size of the Proton

7.4 Inelastic Electron and Muon scattering

7.5 Inelastic Neutrino Scattering

PROBLEMS 7


8. WEAK INTERACTIONS: QUARKS AND LEPTONS

8.1 Charged Current Reactions


8.2 The Third Generation


PROBLEMS 8


9. WEAK INTERACTIONS: ELECTROWEAK UNIFICATION

9.1 Neutral Currents and the Unified Theory

9.2 Gauge Invariance and the Higgs Boson

PROBLEMS 9


10. DISCRETE SYMMETRIES: C, P, CP AND CPT

10.1 P-Violation, C-Violation and CP-Conservation

10.2 CP Violation

10.3 Flavour Oscillations and the CPT Theorem

10.4 CP-Violation in the Standard Model

PROBLEMS 10


11. BEYOND THE STANDARD MODEL

11.1 Grand Unification

11.2 Supersymmetry

11.3 Strings and Things

11.4 Particle Cosmology

11.5 Neutrino Astronomy

11.6 Dirac or Majorana Neutrinos?

PROBLEMS 11


A. RELATIVISTIC KINEMATICS

A.1 The Lorentz Transformation for Energy and Momentum

A.2 The Invariant Mass

A.3 Transformation of the Scattering Angle


PROBLEMS A


B. AMPLITUDES AND CROSS-SECTIONS

B.1 Rates and Cross-Sections

B.2 The Total Cross-Section

B.3 Differential Cross-Sections

B.4 The Scattering Amplitude

B.5 The Breit-Wigner Formula

B.5.1 Decay distributions

B.5.2 Resonant cross-sections

PROBLEMS B


C. THE ISOSPIN FORMALISM

C.1 Isospin Operator

C.2 Isospin States

C.3 Isospin Multiplets

C3.1 Hadron states

C.4 Branching Ratios

C.5 Spin States

PROBLEMS C


D. GAUGE THEORIES

D.1 Electromagnetic Interactions

D.2 Gauge Transformations

D.3 Gauge Invariance and the Photon Mass

D.4 The Gauge Principle

D.5 The Higgs Mechanism

D.6 Quantum Chromodynamics

D.7 Electroweak Interactions

PROBLEMS D


E. TABLES OF PARTICLE PROPERTIES


F. SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS


References


Index


Physical Constants and Conversation Factors