An Introduction to the Standard Model of Particle Physics

W.N. Cottingham, D. A. Greenwood

280 pages, parution le 05/04/2007 (2^eme édition)

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The new edition of this introductory graduate textbook provides a concise but accessible introduction to the Standard Model. It has been updated to account for the successes of the theory of strong interactions, and the observations on matter-antimatter asymmetry. It has become clear that neutrinos are not mass-less, and this book gives a coherent presentation of the phenomena and the theory that describes them. It includes an account of progress in the theory of strong interactions and of advances in neutrino physics. The book clearly develops the theoretical concepts from the electromagnetic and weak interactions of leptons and quarks to the strong interactions of quarks. Each chapter ends with problems, and hints to selected problems are provided at the end of the book. The mathematical treatments are suitable for graduates in physics, and more sophisticated mathematical ideas are developed in the text and appendices.

Thoroughly updated to take into account recent developments in the field
Contains a brand new chapter on neutrino physics
Each chapter ends with problems, with hints to selected problems at the end of the book

L'auteur - D. A. Greenwood

D. A. Greenwood; University of Bristol

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The particle physicist's view of nature
Lorentz transformations
The Lagrangian formulation of mechanics
Classical electromagnetism
The Dirac equation and the Dirac field
Free space solutions of the Dirac equation
Electrodynamics
Quantising fields: QED
The weak interaction: low energy phenomenology
Symmetry breaking in model theories
Massive gauge fields
The Weinberg-Salam electroweak theory for leptons
Experimental tests of the Weinberg-Salam theory
The electromagnetic and weak interactions of quarks
The hadronic decays of the Z and W bosons
The theory of strong interactions: quantum chromodynamics
Quantum chromodynamics: calculations
The Kobayashi-Maskawa matrix
Neutrino masses and mixing
Neutrino masses and mixing: experimental results
Majorana neutrinos
Anomalies

A. An aide-memoire on matrices
B. The groups of the Standard Model
C. Annihilation and creation operators
D. The parton model
E: Mass matrices and mixing

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	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Cambridge University Press
Auteur(s)	W.N. Cottingham, D. A. Greenwood
Parution	05/04/2007
Édition	2^eme édition
Nb. de pages	280
Format	18 x 25,5
Couverture	Relié
Poids	640g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780521852494
ISBN13	978-0-521-85249-4