Nuclear and Particle Physics with Cosmology, Volume 2

Written as complete self-help comprehensive textbooks, these two volumes cover the three broad topics of nuclear physics, particle physics and cosmology in a consistent and engaging manner. The main aim of the books is to create interest in the topics enabling further study, providing encouragement for critical thinking, critical analysis and problem solving. The volumes include numerous examples and illustrations, solved and worked-out problems, diagrammatic representations wherever possible are included to facilitate understanding.

Volume 2 consists of 17 chapters and covers particle physics and cosmology. There are 12 chapters describing particle physics and is aimed at understanding and classifying the many sub- nuclear particles and the forces of nature as well as making a detailed study of standard model of particle physics and referring to other recent advances in the relevant field. There are chapters devoted to introducing relativistic quantum mechanics, quantum field theory and group theory. Chapters on cosmology describe the dynamics of the universe. The components of universe have been discussed and its age calculated.

A key characteristic of this book is not only asking questions, but answering them, and therefore this text would satisfy undergraduate and postgraduate learners and help generate more queries for the inquisitive.