3. Edition - October 2008
44.90 Euro
2008. 460 Pages, Softcover
- Textbook -
ISBN-10: 0-470-03294-4
ISBN-13: 978-0-470-03294-7 - John Wiley & Sons








Short description
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.

From the contents
Suggested Short Course.

Editor's Preface to the Manchester Physics Series.

Author's 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.

2. Leptons and the Weak Interactions.

2.1. Lepton Multiplets and Lepton Numbers.

2.2. Leptonic Weak Interactions.

2.3. Neutrino Masses and Neutrino Mixing.

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-Live Hadrons.

3.6. Allowed Quantum Numbers and Exotics.

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.

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.

6. The Quark Model.

6.1. Isospin Symmetry.

6.2. The Lightest Hadrons.

6.3. Colour.

6.4. Charmonium and Bottomium

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.

8. Weak Interactions: Quarks and Leptons.

8.1. Charged Current Reactions.

8.2. The Third Generation.

9. Weak Interactions: Electroweak Unification.

9.1. Neutral Currents and the Unified Theory.

9.2. Gauge Invariance and the Higgs Boson.

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.

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?

A. Relativistic Kinematics.

B. Amplitudes and Cross-Sections.

C. The Is spin Formalism.

D. Gauge Theories.

E. Tables of Particle Properties.

F. Solutions to Problems.

References.

Index.