The Ideas of Particle Physics
4th Edition
Published on 24. September 2020
Book
Paperback/Softback
328 pages
978-1-108-72740-2 (ISBN)
Description
This book is a comprehensive introduction to particle physics, bridging the gap between traditional textbooks on the subject and popular accounts that assume little background knowledge. This fourth edition is fully revised, including the most recent ideas and discoveries, and the latest avenues of research. The development of the subject is traced from the foundations of quantum mechanics and relativity, through the formulation of quantum field theories, to the standard model. Research now continues with the first signs of physics beyond the standard model and with the formulation of modern string theory which aims to include a quantum theory of gravity for the first time. This book is intended for anyone with a background in physical sciences who wishes to learn about particle physics. It is also valuable to students of physics wishing to gain an introductory overview of the subject.
Reviews / Votes
'... The Ideas of Particle Physics remains an excellent book, predominantly aimed at graduate students, as a complement to courses and other reference works.' Dave Barney, CERN CourierMore details
Edition
4th Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
Worked examples or Exercises; 14 Halftones, black and white; 157 Line drawings, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 246 mm
Width: 189 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
644 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-108-72740-2 (9781108727402)
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Previous edition
G. D. Coughlan | J. E. Dodd | B. M. Gripaios
The Ideas of Particle Physics
An Introduction for Scientists
Book
07/2006
3rd Edition
Cambridge University Press
€64.36
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Persons
James E. Dodd is co-founder of the St Cross College Centre for the History and Philosophy of Physics. He has studied Physics at the University of London, the Univsity of Oxford and the University of Cambridge, and focused on the production of charmed particles in high energy hadron collisions.
Content
Preface; Part I. Introduction: 1. Matter and light; 2. Special relativity; 3. Quantum mechanics; 4. Relativistic quantum theory; Part II. Basic Particle Physics: 5. The fundamental forces; 6. Symmetry in the microworld; 7. Mesons; 8. Strange particles; Part III. Strong Interaction Physics: 9. Resonance particles; 10. SU(3) and quarks; Part IV. Weak Interaction Physics I: 11. The violation of parity; 12. Fermi's theory of the weak interactions; 13. Two neutrinos; 14. Neutral kaons and CP violation; Part V. Weak Interaction Physics II: 15. The current-current theory of the weak interactions; 16. An example leptonic process: electron-neutrino scattering; 17. The weak interactions of hadrons; 18. The W boson; Part VI. Gauge Theory of the Weak Interactions: 19. Motivation for the theory; 20. Gauge theory; 21. Spontaneous symmetry breaking; 22. The Glashow-Weinberg-Salam model; 23. Consequences of the model; 24. The hunt for the W+/-, Z0 bosons; Part VII. Deep Inelastic Scattering: 25. Deep inelastic processes; 26. Electron-nucleon scattering; 27. The deep inelastic microscope; 28. Neutrino-nucleon scattering; 29. The quark model of the structure functions; Part VIII. Quantum Chromodynamics - The Theory of Quarks: 30. Coloured quarks; 31. Colour gauge theory; 32. Asymptotic freedom; 33. Quark confinement; Part IX. Electron-Positron Collisions: 34. Probing the vacuum; 35. Quarks and charm; 36. Another generation; Part X. The Standard Model: 37. The model in summary; 38. Precision tests of the model; 39. Flavour Mixing and CP violation; 40. The Large Hadron Collider; 41. Discovery and properties of the Higgs boson; Part XI. Beyond the Standard Model: 42. Reasons to go beyond; 43. Neutrino masses and mixing; 44. Grand unification; 45. Supersymmetry; 46. Composite Higgs models; 47. Axions and the Strong CP problem; Part XII. Particle Physics and Cosmology: 48. The big bang and inflation; 49. The cosmic microwave background; 50. The matter-anti-matter asymmetry; 51. Dark matter; 52. Dark energy; Part XIII. Gravity and Gravitational Waves: 53. From general relativity to gravitational waves; 54. The discovery of gravitational waves; 55. Gravitational wave and multi-messenger astronomy; 56. The future: Super Ligo and LISA; Part XIV. String Theory: 57. Origins - the hadronic string; 58. String theory to M-theory; 59. The AdS-CFT correspondence; 60. Consequences of the theory; Part XV. The Future - To Boldly Go!: 61. Accelerators, observatories and other experiments; 62. Known unknowns; 63. Glittering prizes; 64. Unknown unknowns: it must be beautiful; Appendices: 1. Units and constants; 2. Glossary; 3. List of symbols; 4. Bibliography; 5. Elementary particles data; Name index; Subject index.