Particle physics: A comprehensive introduction
Particle physics: A comprehensive introduction By Abraham Seiden
2005 | 487 Pages | ISBN: 0805387366 | DJVU | 10 MB
2005 | 487 Pages | ISBN: 0805387366 | DJVU | 10 MB
"Author Abraham Seiden brings more than 40 years of teaching and research experience to this advanced introductory particle physics text. Designed for advanced undergraduates and graduate physics students, Particle Physics: A Comprehensive Introduction provides you with the most complete and up-to-date introduction available for this dynamic discipline. Seiden focuses on the basic principles of particle physics, using recent research data to illustrate key concepts, and provides a wealth of step-by-step calculations to develop your understanding of core principles."--BOOK JACKET. 1. The particle physics program -- 2. How to calculate amplitudes -- 3. Scattering of leptons and photons -- 4. Hadrons -- 5. Isospin and flavor SU(3), accidental symmetries -- 6. The constituent Quark model -- 7. The full color gauge theory -- 8. Weak interactions of fermions -- 9. Weak mixing phenomena -- 10. The electroweak gauge theory and symmetry breaking -- 11. Large cross section processes -- 12. Scattering with large momentum transfer -- 13. Physics at higher energies