Phenomenology of Particle Physics

ISBN-13: 9781316519349 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022

Andre (Eidgenossische Technische Hochschule Zurich) Rubbia

Opis

Addresses the theoretical and experimental phenomenology of particle physics for two-semester Masters and graduate courses.

Recenzje

'This textbook is excellent because it comprehensively summarizes the phenomenology and experiments of particle physics, including the latest results. When I was young, I wanted to come across a book like this.' Takaaki Kajita, University of Tokyo

Spis treści

Preface; 1. Introduction and notation; 2. Basic concepts; 3. Overview of accelerators and detectors; 4. Non-relativistic quantum mechanics; 5. Relativistic formulation and kinematics; 6. The Lagrangian formalism; 7. Free boson fields; 8. Free fermion dirac fields; 9. Interacting fields and propagator theory; 10. Quantum electrodynamics (QED); 11. Computations in QED; 12. QED radiative corrections; 13. Tests of QED at high energy; 14. Tests of QED at low energy; 15. Hadrons; 16. Electron-proton scattering; 17. Partons; 18. Quantum chromodynamics (QCD); 19. Experimental tests of QCD; 20. Heavy quarks: charm and bottom; 21. Neutrinos and the three lepton families; 22. Parity violation in weak interactions; 23. The weak charged current interaction; 24. Gauge field theories and spontaneous symmetry breaking; 25. The electroweak theory; 26. Computations in the electroweak theory; 27. Experimental tests of the electroweak theory; 28. Neutrino-nucleon interactions; 29. Completing the standard model; 30. Flavor oscillations and CP violation; 31. Beyond the standard model; 32. Outlook; Appendix A Mathematical and calculus tools; Appendix B. Linear algebra tools; Appendix C. Notions of non-relativistic quantum mechanics; Appendix D. Lorentz transformations and 4D mathematical tools; Appendix E. Dirac matrices and trace theorems; Appendix F. Some tools to compute higher order diagrams; Appendix G. Statistics; Appendix H. Monte-Carlo techniques; Textbooks; References; Index.