Author : Christopher G. Tully
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 11,23 MB
Release : 2011-10-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 0691131163
The new experiments underway at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN in Switzerland may significantly change our understanding of elementary particle physics and, indeed, the universe. Suitable for first-year graduate students and advanced undergraduates, this textbook provides an introduction to the field
Author : Andrew J. Larkoski
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 509 pages
File Size : 37,88 MB
Release : 2019-05-23
Category : Science
ISBN : 1108496989
Introduces the fundamentals of particle physics with a focus on modern developments and an intuitive physical interpretation of results.
Author : Robert N. Cahn
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 567 pages
File Size : 21,75 MB
Release : 2009-07-23
Category : Science
ISBN : 0521521475
A unique presentation of our current understanding of particle physics for researchers, advanced undergraduate and graduate students.
Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 211 pages
File Size : 13,82 MB
Release : 1998-04-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 0309174163
Part of the Physics in a New Era series of assessments of the various branches of the field, Elementary-Particle Physics reviews progress in the field over the past 10 years and recommends actions needed to address the key questions that remain unanswered. It explains in simple terms the present picture of how matter is constructed. As physicists have probed ever deeper into the structure of matter, they have begun to explore one of the most fundamental questions that one can ask about the universe: What gives matter its mass? A new international accelerator to be built at the European laboratory CERN will begin to explore some of the mechanisms proposed to give matter its heft. The committee recommends full U.S. participation in this project as well as various other experiments and studies to be carried out now and in the longer term.
Author : Martinus J G Veltman
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 425 pages
File Size : 12,95 MB
Release : 2018-03-21
Category : Science
ISBN : 9813237074
This book provides a comprehensive overview of modern particle physics accessible to anyone with a true passion for wanting to know how the universe works. We are introduced to the known particles of the world we live in. An elegant explanation of quantum mechanics and relativity paves the way for an understanding of the laws that govern particle physics. These laws are put into action in the world of accelerators, colliders and detectors found at institutions such as CERN and Fermilab that are in the forefront of technical innovation. Real world and theory meet using Feynman diagrams to solve the problems of infinities and deduce the need for the Higgs boson.Facts and Mysteries in Elementary Particle Physics offers an incredible insight from an eyewitness and participant in some of the greatest discoveries in 20th century science. From Einstein's theory of relativity to the spectacular discovery of the Higgs particle, this book will fascinate and educate anyone interested in the world of quarks, leptons and gauge theories.This book also contains many thumbnail sketches of particle physics personalities, including contemporaries as seen through the eyes of the author. Illustrated with pictures, these candid sketches present rare, perceptive views of the characters that populate the field.The Chapter on Particle Theory, in a pre-publication, was termed 'superbly lucid' by David Miller in Nature (Vol. 396, 17 Dec. 1998, p. 642).
Author : John Iliopoulos
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 522 pages
File Size : 19,68 MB
Release : 2021-10-25
Category : Science
ISBN : 0192658166
Since the development of natural philosophy in Ancient Greece, scientists have been concerned with determining the nature of matter's smallest constituents and the interactions among them. This textbook examines the question of the microscopic composition of matter through an accessible introduction to what is now called 'The Physics of Elementary Particles'. In the last few decades, elementary particle physics has undergone a period of transition, culminating in the formulation of a new theoretical scheme, known as 'The Standard Model', which has profoundly changed our understanding of nature's fundamental forces. Rooted in the experimental tradition, this new vision is based on geometry and sees the composition of matter in terms of its accordance with certain geometrical principles. This textbook presents and explains this modern viewpoint to a readership of well-motivated undergraduate students, by guiding the reader from the basics to the more advanced concepts of Gauge Symmetry, Quantum Field Theory and the phenomenon of spontaneous symmetry breaking through concrete physical examples. This engaging introduction to the theoretical advances and experimental discoveries of the last decades makes this fascinating subject accessible to undergraduate students and aims at motivating them to study it further.
Author : Committee on Elementary-Particle Physics
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 14,51 MB
Release : 1998-04-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 0309521785
Part of the Physics in a New Era series of assessments of the various branches of the field, Elementary-Particle Physics reviews progress in the field over the past 10 years and recommends actions needed to address the key questions that remain unanswered. It explains in simple terms the present picture of how matter is constructed. As physicists have probed ever deeper into the structure of matter, they have begun to explore one of the most fundamental questions that one can ask about the universe: What gives matter its mass? A new international accelerator to be built at the European laboratory CERN will begin to explore some of the mechanisms proposed to give matter its heft. The committee recommends full U.S. participation in this project as well as various other experiments and studies to be carried out now and in the longer term.
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 38 pages
File Size : 16,66 MB
Release : 1983
Category : Particles (Nuclear physics)
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Author : Lincoln Wolfenstein
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 25,62 MB
Release : 2010-09-22
Category : Science
ISBN : 1439836132
The search for the elementary constituents of the physical universe and the interactions between them has transformed over time and continues to evolve today, as we seek answers to questions about the existence of stars, galaxies, and humankind. Integrating both theoretical and experimental work, Exploring Fundamental Particles traces the developme
Author : Lillian Hoddeson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 746 pages
File Size : 27,61 MB
Release : 1997-11-13
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780521578165
Editors Laurie Brown, Max Dresden, Lillian Hoddeson and Michael Riordan have brought together a distinguished group of elementary particle physicists and historians of science to explore the recent history of particle physics. Based on a conference held at Stanford University, this is the third volume of a series recounting the history of particle physics and offers the most up-to-date account of the rise of the Standard Model, which explains the microstructure of the world in terms of quarks and leptons and their interactions. Major contributors include Steven Weinberg, Murray Gell-Mann, Michael Redhead, Silvan Schweber, Leon Lederman and John Heilbron. The wide-ranging articles explore the detailed scientific experiments, the institutional settings in which they took place, and the ways in which the many details of the puzzle fit together to account for the Standard Model.
