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An Introduction to the Standard Model of Particle Physics W. Noel Cottingham (University of Bristol)

An Introduction to the Standard Model of Particle Physics By W. Noel Cottingham (University of Bristol)

An Introduction to the Standard Model of Particle Physics by W. Noel Cottingham (University of Bristol)


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A concise, up-to-date and well-written introduction to the current understanding of particle physics, by two highly experienced textbook authors.

An Introduction to the Standard Model of Particle Physics Summary

An Introduction to the Standard Model of Particle Physics by W. Noel Cottingham (University of Bristol)

This introductory graduate textbook provides a concise but accessible introduction to the Standard Model of particle physics. Throughout the book, theoretical concepts are developed clearly and carefully - from the electromagnetic and weak interactions of leptons and quarks to the strong interactions of quarks. Chapters developing the theory are interspersed with chapters describing some of the wealth of experimental data supporting the model. To consolidate understanding, each chapter is rounded off with a set of problems and outline solutions. The book assumes only the standard mathematics taught in an undergraduate physics course; more sophisticated mathematical ideas are developed in the text and in appendices. For graduate students in particle physics and physicists working in other fields who are interested in the current understanding of the ultimate constituents of matter, this textbook provides a lucid and up-to-date introduction.

An Introduction to the Standard Model of Particle Physics Reviews

'I am very impressed with this book. It is a beautifully clear and concise introductory text ... for a first course in the basic physics of the standard model this book would be an excellent choice. Both experimental and theoretical students would benefit from it.' Neil Turok, The Observatory
'It is fun to read this book!' Evelyn Weimar-Woods, Zentralblatt fur Mathematik

Table of Contents

1. The particle physicist's view of nature; 2. Lorentz transformations; 3. The Lagrangian formulation of mechanics; 4. Classical electromagnetism; 5. The Dirac equation and the Dirac field; 6. Free space solutions of the Dirac equation; 7. Electrodynamics; 8. Quantizing fields: QED; 9. The weak interaction: low energy phenomenology; 10. Symmetry breaking in model theories; 11. Massive gauge fields; 12. The Weinberg-Salam electroweak theory for leptons; 13. Experimental tests of the Weinberg-Salam theory; 14. The electromagnetic and weak interactions of quarks; 15. The hadronic decays of the Z and W bosons; 16. The theory of strong interactions: quantum chromodynamics; 17. Quantum chromodynamics: calculations; 18. The Kobayashi-Maskawa matrix; 19. Anomalies; Epilogue.

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GOR008389763
9780521588324
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An Introduction to the Standard Model of Particle Physics by W. Noel Cottingham (University of Bristol)
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Cambridge University Press
19981126
256
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