The electroweak theory unifies two basic forces of nature: the weak force and electromagnetism. This 2007 book is a concise introduction to the structure of the electroweak theory and its applications. It describes the structure and properties of field theories with global and local symmetries, leading to the construction of the standard model. It describes the particles and processes predicted by the theory, and compares them with experimental results. It also covers neutral currents, the properties of W and Z bosons, the properties of quarks and mesons containing heavy quarks, neutrino oscillations, CP-asymmetries in K, D, and B meson decays, and the search for Higgs particles. Each chapter contains problems, stemming from the long teaching experience of the author, to supplement the text. This will be of great interest to graduate students and researchers in elementary particle physics.
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Review of the hardback: '... the author has an enviable skill of describing complicated phenomena in clear and concise prose. As a teacher of the subject myself, his discussion of field theories in Part II has given me a deeper insight and a better understanding which I can give to my students.' The Observatory
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Verlagsort
Zielgruppe
Für höhere Schule und Studium
Für Beruf und Forschung
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Höhe: 244 mm
Breite: 170 mm
Dicke: 14 mm
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978-0-521-14356-1 (9780521143561)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Emmanuel Paschos is Professor of Physics at the University of Dortmund, Germany. He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society and a Fellow of the Institute for Advanced Study, and corresponding member of the Academy of Athens.
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Universitaet Dortmund
Preface; Part I. The Road to Unification: 1. The electromagnetic current and its properties; 2. The weak currents; 3. The quark model; Part II. Field Theories with Global or Local Symmetries: 4. Yang-Mills theories; 5. Spontaneous breaking of symmetries; 6. Construction of the model; 7. The Higgs mechanism in the Glashow-Salam-Weinberg model; 8. The leptonic sector; 9. Incorporating hadrons; Part III. Experimental Consequences and Comparisons: 10. Deep inelastic scattering; 11. Charged current reactions; 12. Neutral currents in semileptonic reactions; 13. Physics of neutrinos; 14. Heavy quarks; 15. CP violation: K mesons; 16. CP violation: D and B mesons; 17. Higgs particles; Epilogue; Appendix A. Conventions, spinors, and currents; Appendix B. Cross sections and traces; Appendix C. Identities for quark bilinears; Index.
