Broken Symmetries [electronic resource] : Proceedings of the 37. Internationale Universitätswochen für Kern- und Teilchenphysik, Schladming, Austria, February 28–March 7, 1998 / edited by Leopold Mathelitsch, Willibald Plessas.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Mathelitsch, Leopold., Editor.

Plessas, Willibald., Editor.

Conference Name:

Internationale Universitätswochen für Kern- und Teilchenphysik (37th : 1998 : Schladming, Austria)

Internationale Universitèatswochen fèur Kern- und Teilchenphysik

Series:

Lecture Notes in Physics, 0075-8450 ; 521

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mathematical physics.

Nuclear physics.

Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics.

Particle and Nuclear Physics.

Local Subjects:

Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics.

Particle and Nuclear Physics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (VII, 304 p. 10 illus.)

Edition:

1st ed. 1999.

Place of Publication:

Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Symmetries and the breaking of symmetries play an important role in particle physics. Several experts in the field give overviews of different symmetry aspects in subatomic physics. Topics like CP violation, chiral symmetry, supersymmetry and spontaneous symmetry breaking are addressed. The articles are the written accounts of lectures given at the 1998 Schladming Winter School and address in particular graduate students. The material is dealt with in a comprehensive and detailed manner and is at the same time pedagogically well devised.

Contents:

Discrete and global symmetries in particle physics

CP violation

CP violation: Experimental status and prospects

Spontaneously broken symmetries

Chiral symmetry

Quark mass hierarchies, flavor mixing and maximal CP-violation

Duality in quantum field theory (and string theory)

Supersymmetry, strings and unification

Abstracts of the seminars.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

ISBN:

3-540-49130-9