Ideas of Particle Physics

Ideas of Particle Physics

Dodd, James E.; Gripaios, Ben

Cambridge University Press

09/2020

328

Mole

Inglês

9781108727402

15 a 20 dias

720

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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.
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