Cracking the particle code of the universe : the hunt for the Higgs boson /

Among the current books that celebrate the discovery of the Higgs boson, Cracking the Particle Code of the Universe is a rare objective treatment of the subject. The book is an insider's behind-the-scenes look at the arcane, fascinating world of theoretical and experimental particle physics lea...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Moffat, John W.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2014]
Temas:
Higgs bosons.
Particles (Nuclear physics)
Bosons de Higgs.
Particules (Physique nucléaire)
particle physics.
SCIENCE > Physics > Quantum Theory.
Higgs bosons
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Prelude : CERN, April 2008
  • What is everything made of?
  • Detecting subatomic particles
  • Group theory and gauge invariance
  • Looking for something new at the LHC
  • The Higgs particle/field and weak interactions
  • Data that go bump in the night
  • Trying to identify the 125 GeV bump
  • Electroweak gauge theories
  • The discovery of a new boson : is it the Higgs or not?
  • Do we live in a naturally tuned universe?
  • The last word until 2016
  • Glossary.

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