Concepts of Elementary Particle Physics
1st Edition
Published on 10. September 2019
400 pages
978-0-19-254027-0 (ISBN)
Description
The purpose of this textbook is to explain the Standard Model of particle physics to a student with an undergraduate preparation in physics. Today we can claim to have a fundamental picture of the strong and weak subnuclear forces. Through an interplay between theory and experiment, we have learned the basic equations through which these forces operate, and we have tested these equations against observations at particle accelerators. The story is beautiful and full of surprises. Using a simplified presentation that does not assume prior knowledge of quantum field theory, this book begins from basic concepts of special relativity and quantum mechanics, describes the key experiments that have clarified the structure of elementary particle interactions, introduces the crucial theoretical concepts, and builds up to the full description of elementary particle interactions as we know them today.
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Michael E. Peskin received his Ph.D. in Physics from Cornell University in 1978. He held postdoctoral appointments at Harvard, Cornell, and C.E.N. Saclay. In 1982, he joined the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, where he is now a Professor of Particle Physics and Astrophysics.
Content
- I Preliminaries and Tools
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Symmetries of Space-Time
- 3: Relativistic Wave Equations
- 4: The Hydrogen Atom and Positronium
- 5: The Quark Model
- 6: Detectors of Elementary Particles
- 7: Tools for Calculation
- II The Strong Interaction
- 8: Electron-Positron Annihilation
- 9: Deep Inelastic Electron Scattering
- 10: The Gluon
- 11: Quantum Chromodynamics
- 12: Partons and Jets
- 13: QCD at Hadron Colliders
- 14: Chiral Symmetry
- III The Weak Interaction
- 15: The Current-Current Model of the Weak Interaction
- 16: Gauge Theories with Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking
- 17: The W and Z Bosons
- 18: Quark Mixing Angles and Weak Decays
- 19: CP Violation
- 20: Neutrino Masses and Mixings
- 21: The Higgs Boson
- 22: Epilogue
