Formulae and Results in Weak Interactions
Published on 22. August 1974
Book
Paperback/Softback
X, 64 pages
978-3-211-81258-7 (ISBN)
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It is a great pleasure for me to write some introductory remarks to this supplement volume to Acta Physica Austriaca. The reason for this is that the author not only is a competent expert in the field of weak interactions but also a longstanding personal friend of mine. Since the topic presented here is closely related to the subjects covered in our annual "Internationale Universitatswochen fur Kernphysik der Universitat Graz" at Schladming, where the author has lectured already quite a few times, I readily agreed to publish this compendium in our series, although it is for the first time that a single author's work is published in this form. Another factor in this decision was that the presentation of the material shows the same spirit as the proceedings of our conferences: it should enable students and researchers alike to find their way through the various formalisms of modern elementary particle physics. One of the main advantages of this work is its coherence. It is not a collection taken from various papers in the literature; rather, the author has taken pains in computing and rechecking all the equations himself with some help from his that this collection will be of real research associates. Therefore one can assume use and help in the tedious day-to-day work of weak interaction physicists.
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Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1974
Language
English
Place of publication
Vienna
Austria
Publishing group
Springer Wien
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
3 s/w Abbildungen
Dimensions
Height: 25.4 cm
Width: 17.8 cm
Weight
190 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-211-81258-7 (9783211812587)
DOI
10.1007/978-3-7091-3367-5
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H. Pietschmann
Weak Interactions - Formulae, Results, and Derivations
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01/1984
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Content
I Introduction.- II Some General Mathematical Equations.- 1 Operator-Identities.- 2 The Metric and the Anti-Symmetric Tensor.- III The Dirac-Algebra.- 1 The Dirac-Equation and ?-Matrices.- 2 Hermiticity Properties and Matrix C.- 3 The Dirac-Algebra and Fierz-Transformations.- 4 Projection Operators and Traces.- IV Field Operators and Invariant Functions.- 1 Field Operators.- 2 Normalization of States.- 3 Invariant Functions.- V S-Matrix, Cross-Sections and Life-Times.- VI Phase Space Integrals.- 1 General Formulae.- 2 Two-Particle Integrals.- 3 Three-Particle Integrals.- 4 n-Particle Integrals.- VII Weak Interaction Hamiltonian and S-Operator.- 1 Standard V-A Theory.- 2 Unified Models.- VIII Discrete Transformations.- 1 Space Reflections.- 2 Charge Conjugation.- 3 Time Reflection.- 4 G-Parity.- IX Muon-Decay.- 1 The Matrix Elements.- 2 The Electron Spectrum.- 3 Effects of the IVB.- X Semi-Leptonic Baryon Decay.- 1 List of Decay-Processes and Selection Rules.- 2 Matrix-Element and Decay Spectra.- 3 Restrictions on the Form Factors.- 4 The Cabibbo Current.- 5 Polarization Effects.- XI Semi-Leptonic Meson Decays.- 1 List of Decay Processes and Selection Rules.- 2 P12-Decays.- 3 P13-Decays.- XII Current-Algebra.- 1 General Relation.- 2 The Basic Commutators.- 3 The Goldberger-Treiman Relation.- 4 The Adler-Weisberger Relation.- 5 The Mathur-Okubo-Pandit-Callan-Treiman Relation.- XIII Hadronic Hyperon Decay.- 1 Matrix Element and Decay Rate.- 2 Asymmetry Parameters.- 3 The ?I = 1/2 Rule.- XIV Quasi-Elastic Neutrino Scattering.- 1 Neutrino-Lepton Scattering.- 2 Neutrino-Baryon Scattering.- XV Deep Inelastic Neutrino Scattering.- 1 Kinematics.- 2 Laboratory Cross-Section and Structure Functions.- 3 Scaling Behaviour.- 4 Crossing, Isospin and Positivity Relations.- 5 Helicity Cross-Sections.- 6 Total Cross-Sections.- 7 Spectrum Independent Quantities.- 8 Influence of the W-Boson.- XVI Decay of the W-Boson.- 1 General Two-Body Decay.- 2 Decay Rates.- Appendix A : Other Forms of the Interaction.- 1 The Non-Local Interaction.- 2 The Renormalizable Scalar Theory.- Appendix B: Comparison between Different Metrics.- References.- Sources.