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Symmetry principles in elementary particle physics / W. M. Gibson, B. R. Pollard.
LIBRA QC793.3.S9 G5
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gibson, W. M.
- Pollard, B. R., author.
- Series:
- Cambridge monographs on physics
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Symmetry (Physics).
- Physical Description:
- xi, 380 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge [Eng.] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1976.
- Summary:
- In this 1980 book the concept of symmetry or invariance is employed as a unifying theme in the properties and interactions of the elementary particles.
- Contents:
- 1 Introduction to elementary particles
- 2 Quantum mechanics and invariance principles
- 3 Angular momentum
- 4 Lorentz invariance
- 5 Parity
- 6 Time reversal
- 7 Charge independence, isospin and strangeness
- 8 Charge conjugation
- 9 Hadronic decays of mesons
- 10 SU(3)
- 11 The quark model.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Bibliography: pages 367-372.
- ISBN:
- 0521207878
- OCLC:
- 2188378
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