The physics of elementary particles / by J.D. Jackson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jackson, John David, 1925- author.

Series:

Princeton legacy library.

Investigations in physics ; 9.

Investigations in Physics ; 9

Princeton Legacy Library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Particles.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (146 p.)

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 1958.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This is an introductory account of the physics of elementary particles and their interactions, with a minimum of formal apparatus and an ease of reading which, at present, is found in few other books in physics. It is designed for graduate students and for physicists not specializing in the field. The various phenomena are interpreted and correlated largely by means of elementary theoretical arguments needing little background beyond a first course in quantum mechanics. Numerous references to the original literature will allow the reader to probe more deeply into the topics discussed. Selected topics include scattering, photoproduction, K-mesons and hyperons, theoretical models, weak decay processes, and analysis of recent experiments on nonconservation of parity.Originally published in 1958.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Preface

Table of Contents

List of Figures

Part I. The Interaction of Pions and Nucleons

Chapter 1. Introductory Discussion of Pions and Nucleons

Chapter 2. Scattering of Pions by Nucleons

Chapter 3. Theoretical Treatment of the Scattering-Effective Range Approximation and the Dispersion Relations

Chapter 4. Photoproduction of Pions from Nucleons

Part II. K-Mesons and Hyperons

Chapter 5. Empirical Facts on K-Mesons and Hyperons

Chapter 6. Classification Scheme and Details of the Interactions

Chapter 7. Theoretical Models for Strong Interactions

Part III. Decay Processes

Chapter 8. Symmetry Principles and their Observational Tests

Chapter 9. Nuclear Beta Decay

Chapter 10. Other Decay Processes

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

Description based on print version record.

Includes index.

ISBN:

9780691652825

0691652821

9781400878451

1400878454

OCLC:

979578938