Modern particle physics

• Main Author: Thomson, Mark, 1966- (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013
• Subjects: fyzika elementárních částic; elementary particle physics; učebnice; textbooks
• ISBN: 9781107034266
• Physical Description: xvi, 554 s. : il. ; 26 cm

"Unique in its coverage of all aspects of modern particle physics, this textbook provides a clear connection between the theory and recent experimental results, including the discovery of the Higgs boson at CERN. It provides a comprehensive and self-contained description of the Standard Model o...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction; 2. Underlying concepts; 3. Decay rates and cross sections; 4. The Dirac equation; 5. Interaction by particle exchange; 6. Electron-positron annihilation; 7. Electron-proton elastic scattering; 8. Deep inelastic scattering; 9. Symmetries and the quark model; 10. Quantum chromodynamics; 11. The weak interaction; 12. The weak interactions of leptons; 13. Neutrinos and neutrino oscillations; 14. CP violation and weak hadronic interactions; 15. Electroweak unification; 16. Tests of the Standard Model; 17. The Higgs boson; 18. The Standard Model and beyond; Appendixes; References; Further reading; Index