The Experimental Foundations of Particle Physics

ISBN-13: 9780521521475 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 566 str.

Robert N Cahn

Opis

A unique presentation of our current understanding of particle physics for researchers, advanced undergraduate and graduate students.

Recenzje

From reviews of the first edition: 'I believe this text to represent a major achievement in collecting, analysing and distilling for the reader, material forming an intensely exciting chapter in modern science.' D. H. Perkins, Nature

Spis treści

1. The atom completed and a new particle; 2. The Muon and the Pion; 3. Strangeness; 4. Antibaryons; 5. The resonances; 6. Weak interactions; 7. The Neutral Kaon System; 8. The Structure of the Nucleon; 9. The J/Ψ, the Γ, and charm; 10. Quarks, Gluons, and Jets; 11. The Fifth Quark; 12. From Neutral Currents to Weak Vector Bosons; 13. Testing the Standard Model; 14. The top quark; 15. Mixing and CP violation in heavy quark mesons; 16. Neutrino masses and oscillations; 17. Epilogue; Index.