Group Theory for the Standard Model of Particle Physics and Beyond

ISBN-13: 9781420078749 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 256 str.

Ken J. Barnes

Opis

Based on the author's well-established lecture courses, this text provides an introduction to the group theory of the symmetries of the standard model of elementary particle physics.

Spis treści

Symmetries and Conservation Laws. Quantum Angular Momentum. Tensors and Tensor Operators. Special Relativity and the Physical Particle States. Internal Symmetries. Lie Group Techniques for the Standard Model Lie Groups. Noether’s Theorem and Gauge Theories of the First and Second Kinds. Basic Couplings of the Electromagnetic, Weak, and Strong Interactions. Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking and the Unification of the Electromagnetic and Weak Forces. The Goldstone Theorem and the Consequent Emergence on Nonlinear Transforming Massless Goldstone Bosons. The Higgs Mechanism and the Emergence of Mass from Spontaneously Broken Symmetries. Lie Group Techniques for beyond the Standard Model Lie Groups. The Simple Sphere. Beyond the Standard Model.

O autorze

Ken J. Barnes is a Professor Emeritus in the School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Southampton.