Modern Elementary Particle Physics

by Kane, Gordon L.

• ISBN13: 9780201624601
• ISBN10: 0201624605
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1993-04-20
• Publisher: Westview Pr

Summary

Updated edition includes descriptions of recent powerful tests of the theory at European and U.S. colliders. Avoids the technical details, but fully explains the basic physics involved. DLC: Particles (Nuclear physics)

Author Biography

Gordon Kane is an internationally acclaimed particle physicist at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. He is a popular public lecturer and the author of The Particle Garden.

Table of Contents

Preface
The Standard Model
Survey	p. 1
Relativistic Notation, Lagrangians, Currents, and Interactions	p. 15
Gauge Invariance	p. 35
Non-Abelian Gauge Theories	p. 43
Dirac Notation for Spin	p. 55
The Standard Model Lagrangian	p. 71
The Electroweak Theory and Quantum Chromodynamics	p. 81
Masses and the Higgs Mechanism	p. 97
Cross Sections, Decay Widths, and Lifetimes; W and Z Decays	p. 117
Production of W[actual symbol not reproducible] and Z[superscript 0]	p. 133
Measurement of Electroweak and QCD Parameters; the Muon Lifetime	p. 145
Accelerators - Present and Future	p. 157
Experiments and Detectors	p. 167
Low Energy and Non-Accelerator Experiments	p. 177
Quarks, Confinement, Light Mesons, Baryons, Jets, and Glueballs	p. 179
Light Mesons, Baryons, and Strong Isospin	p. 189
Heavy Quarks (c, b, t)	p. 195
Deep Inelastic Scattering and Structure Functions	p. 205
e+e- Colliders and Tests of the Standard Model	p. 217
Coupling Strengths Depend on the Momentum Transfer and on Virtual Particles	p. 229
Production and Detection of a Higgs Boson	p. 243
Quark (and Lepton) Mixing Angles	p. 255
Quark and Hadron Masses	p. 261
CP Violation	p. 263
Why the t-Quark and the [tau]-Neutrino Must Exist	p. 267
Applications of the Standard Model to Questions Beyond the Standard Model
Open Questions	p. 273
Grand Unification	p. 277
Supersymmetry	p. 293
Neutrino Masses?	p. 303
App. A. Angular Momentum and Spin and SU(2)	p. 313
App. B. Some Group Theory	p. 319
App. C. Some Relativistic Kinematics	p. 327
App. D. The Point Cross Section	p. 331
App. E. When Are Our Approximations Not Valid?	p. 333
App. F. Lagrangians and Symmetries; The Euler-Lagrange Equations	p. 335
Bibliography	p. 339
Index	p. 345
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