Gauge theories in particle physics : a practical introduction / Ian J.R. Aitchison and Anthony J.G. Hey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Aitchison, Ian Johnston Rhind, 1936-

Contributor:

Hey, Anthony J. G.

Series:

Graduate student series in physics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gauge fields (Physics).

Particles (Nuclear physics).

Weak interactions (Nuclear physics).

Quantum electrodynamics.

Feynman diagrams.

Physical Description:

xiv, 571 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Bristol, England ; Philadelphia : A. Hilger in association with the University of Sussex Press, [1989]

Summary:

The second edition of this highly successful text has been made even more accessible to graduate students new to the subject and to experimentalists. This edition is significantly different from the first. It starts with a basic, low-level description of the physical phenomena that gave us the quark/lepton/gauge theory point of view. This is followed by elementary gauge theory ideas and then more detailed calculations.

Since publication of the first edition, the experimental discovery of the W and Z bosons (predicted by the electroweak gauge theory) and quarks (strong interaction) has led to the Standard Model becoming widely accepted. This edition includes a discussion of this new experimental evidence.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [551]-558).

Includes index.

ISBN:

0852743297 :

0852743289

OCLC:

248896423