The ideas of particle physics : an introduction for scientists.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Coughlan, G. D.

Contributor:

Dodd, J. E. (James Edmund), 1952-

Gripaios, B. M.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Particles (Nuclear physics).

Physical Description:

xi, 254 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Edition:

Third edition / Guy D. Coughlan, James Dodd, B.M. Gripaios.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006.

Summary:

The third edition of this well-received book is a clear and readable introduction to the world of particle physics. It bridges the gap between traditional textbooks on the subject and popular accounts that assume little or no background in the physical sciences on the part of the reader.

Carefully revised and updated throughout to provide a comprehensive overview of our understanding of elementary particle physics, this new edition builds upon the strengths of the earlier editions and supplements them with new material. All the important concepts in our modern understanding of particle physics are covered. The theoretical development of the subject is traced from the foundations of quantum mechanics and relativity through to the most recent particle discoveries and the formulation of modern string theory. It includes a full description of the prospects for the Large Hadron Collider at CERN, which will allow many key ideas, including the existence of the Higgs Boson, to be tested.

The book is intended for anyone with a background in the physical sciences who wishes to learn more about particle physics than popular science books allow. It is also valuable to first-year undergraduates and to senior high school students of physics wishing to gain an introductory overview of the subject before further study.

Contents:

Introduction

Basic particle physics

Strong interaction physics

Weak interaction physics I

Weak interaction physics II

Gauge theory of the weak interactions

Deep inelastic scattering

Quantum chromodynamics - the theory of quarks

Electron-positron collisions

The Standard Model and beyond

Appendices.

Notes:

Previous ed.: 1991.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [246]-249) and indexes.

ISBN:

0521677750

9780521677752

OCLC:

62132866

Publisher Number:

99958895484

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