The standard model : a primer / C.P. Burgess and Guy D. Moore.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Burgess, C. P. (Cliff Peter), 1957- author.

Moore, Guy David, 1969- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Particles (Nuclear physics).

Standard model (Nuclear physics).

Quantum field theory.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 542 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book was first published in 2006. The standard model brings together two theories of particle physics in order to describe the interactions of subatomic particles, except those due to gravity. This book uses the standard model as a vehicle for introducing quantum field theory. In doing this the book also introduces much of the phenomenology on which this model is based. The book uses a modern approach, emphasizing effective field theory techniques, and contains brief discussions of some of the main proposals for going beyond the standard model, such as seesaw neutrino masses, supersymmetry, and grand unification. Requiring only a minimum of background material, this book is ideal for graduate students in theoretical and experimental particle physics. It concentrates on getting students to the level of being able to use this theory by doing real calculations with the minimum of formal development, and contains several problems.

Contents:

Field theory review

The standard model : general features

Cross sections and lifetimes

Elementary boson decays

Leptonic weak interactions : decays

Leptonic weak interactions : collisions

Effective lagrangians

Hadrons and QCD

Hadronic interactions

Neutrino masses

Open questions, proposed solutions

Appenidix A : Experimental values for the parameters

Appendix B : Symmetries and group theory review

Appendix C : Lorentz group and the Dirac algebra

Appendix D : E-gauge Feynman rules

Appendix E : Metric convention conversion table.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references (p. 525-534) and index.

ISBN:

1-107-16760-4

0-511-64882-0

0-511-25595-0

0-511-56895-9

0-511-81969-2

0-511-25652-3

OCLC:

610202970