Particle physics /

The description of particle structure on the basis of the Standard Model, along with recent discoveries concerning neutrino properties, provides us with a comprehensive picture of the properties of subatomic particles. This book provides an overview of the Standard Model of Particle Physics, includi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Dunlap, R. A. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: San Rafael [California] (40 Oak Drive, San Rafael, CA, 94903, USA) : Morgan & Claypool Publishers, [2018]
Colección:IOP (Series). Release 5.
IOP concise physics.
Temas:
Particles (Nuclear physics)
Particle & high-energy physics.
SCIENCE / Physics / Nuclear.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • part I. The Standard Model of Particle Physics
  • 1. Historical overview of particle physics
  • 1.1. Introduction
  • 1.2. Photons
  • 1.3. Electrons
  • 1.4. Protons
  • 1.5. Neutrons
  • 1.6. Neutrinos
  • 1.7. Positrons
  • 1.8. Muons
  • 1.9. Pions
  • 1.10. Antiprotons and antineutrons
  • 2. Classification of subatomic particles and their interactions
  • 2.1. Introduction
  • 2.2. Leptons
  • 2.3. Gauge bosons
  • 2.4. Feynman diagrams
  • 3. Evidence for quarks
  • 3.1. Introduction
  • 3.2. Coulombic scattering
  • 3.3. Magnetic moment of the neutron
  • 3.4. Excited states of the neutron and proton
  • 3.5. Meson production
  • 3.6. Deep inelastic scattering
  • 4. Hadronic structure and interactions
  • 4.1. Introduction
  • 4.2. Structure of mesons
  • 4.3. Structure of baryons
  • 4.4. Quarks, gluons and color
  • 4.5. Understanding decays and reactions
  • 5. The Higgs boson
  • 5.1. Introduction
  • 5.2. Spontaneous symmetry breaking
  • 5.3. The Higgs field
  • 5.4. The search for the Higgs boson
  • part II. Neutrino oscillations
  • 6. Solar neutrinos
  • 6.1. Introduction
  • 6.2. Solar fusion processes
  • 7. Radiochemical neutrino experiments
  • 7.1. Introduction
  • 7.2. The Homestake Mine experiment
  • 7.3. SAGE
  • 7.4. GALLEX/GNO
  • 7.5. Calibration of gallium experiments
  • 8. Properties of neutrinos
  • 8.1. Introduction
  • 8.2. Dirac and Majorana neutrinos
  • 8.3. Neutrino flavors and Cabibbo mixing
  • 8.4. Neutrino flavor mixing and the MSW effect
  • 9. Kamiokande and Super-Kamiokande
  • 9.1. Introduction
  • 9.2. Cherenkov radiation
  • 9.3. Kamiokande and Super-Kamiokande
  • 9.4. Solar neutrino experiments
  • 9.5. Atmospheric neutrino experiments
  • 9.6. Accelerator neutrino experiments
  • 9.7. Supernova neutrinos
  • 9.8. Proton decay experiments
  • 10. Sudbury Neutrino Observatory
  • 10.1. Introduction
  • 10.2. Sudbury Neutrino Observatory
  • 10.3. Analysis of SNO data
  • 11. Scintillator experiments
  • 11.1. Introduction
  • 11.2. Borexino
  • 11.3. KamLAND
  • 12. Neutrino masses and their implications
  • 12.1. Introduction
  • 12.2. Neutrino masses
  • 12.3. Cosmological implications of neutrino mass
  • 12.4. Neutrino magnetic moment.

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