Particle Physics An Introduction.

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Purdy, Robert
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Bloomfield : Mercury Learning & Information, 2018.
Edition:2nd ed.
Subjects:
Particles (Nuclear physics)
Particules (Physique nucléaire)
particle physics.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Half-Title
  • Title
  • Copyright
  • Dedication
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1: A History of Particle Physics
  • 1.1 Atomic Theory
  • 1.2 Atomic Structure
  • 1.3 Forces and Interactions
  • 1.4 Strange and Unexpected Developments
  • 1.5 Strangeness
  • 1.6 Quarks and Symmetries
  • 1.7 The Standard Model of Particle Physics
  • 1.8 The Current State of the Field
  • 1.9 Exercises
  • Chapter 2: Special Relativity
  • 2.1 Lorentz Transformations
  • 2.1.1 Scalars, Vectors, and Reference Frames
  • 2.1.2 Special Relativity
  • 2.1.3 Minkowski Space
  • 2.2 Energy and Momentum in Minkowski Space
  • 2.2.1 Example Calculation
  • 2.2.2 Invariant Mass
  • 2.3 Exercises
  • Chapter 3: Quantum Mechanics
  • 3.1 States and Operators
  • 3.2 The Schrödinger Equation
  • 3.3 Probability Current
  • 3.4 Angular Momentum and Spin
  • 3.5 Spin 1/2 Particles and the Pauli Matrices
  • 3.6 The Hamiltonian
  • 3.6.1 The Lagrangian
  • 3.7 Quantum Mechanics and Electromagnetism: The Schrödinger Approach
  • 3.8 Quantum Mechanics and Electromagnetism: The Pauli Equation
  • 3.9 Exercises
  • Chapter 4: Symmetries and Groups
  • 4.1 The Importance of Symmetry in Physics
  • 4.2 Discrete Symmetries
  • 4.2.1 Mathematical Structure of Discrete Symmetries
  • 4.2.2 Discrete Symmetries in Particle Physics
  • 4.3 Continuous Symmetries
  • 4.3.1 Mathematical Structure of Continuous Symmetries
  • 4.3.2 Continuous Symmetries in Particle Physics
  • 4.4 Exercises
  • Chapter 5: Experimental Particle Physics
  • 5.1 Detectors
  • 5.1.1 Interactions of Particles with Matter
  • 5.1.2 Early Detectors
  • 5.1.3 Modern Detectors
  • 5.2 Accelerators
  • 5.2.1 Linear Accelerators
  • 5.2.2 Cyclotrons
  • 5.2.3 Synchrotrons
  • 5.3 Measurable Quantities in Particle Physics: Matching Theory to Experiment
  • 5.3.1 Cross-Sections
  • 5.3.2 Lifetimes
  • 5.4 Exercises
  • Chapter 6: Particle Classification
  • 6.1 The Spin-Statistics Theorem
  • 6.2 The Strong Force
  • 6.2.1 Isospin
  • 6.2.2 Flavor SU (3)
  • 6.3 Color
  • 6.4 Building Hadrons
  • 6.4.1 Quark Content
  • 6.4.2 Mass
  • 6.4.3 Resonances
  • 6.4.4 Larger Flavor Symmetries
  • 6.5 Exercises
  • Chapter 7: Relativistic Quantum Mechanics
  • 7.1 The Klein-Gordon Equation
  • 7.1.1 A Relativistic Schrödinger Equation
  • 7.1.2 Solutions of the Klein-Gordon Equation
  • 7.1.3 Conserved Current
  • 7.2 The Maxwell and Proca Equations
  • 7.2.1 Derivation of the Maxwell Equation
  • 7.2.2 Solutions of the Maxwell Equation
  • 7.2.3 Including Mass: The Proca Equation
  • 7.2.4 Spin of Vector Particles
  • 7.3 Combining Equations: How Do Particles Interact?
  • 7.3.1 Quantum Field Theory Without the Maths
  • 7.3.2 Feynman Rules
  • 7.4 Exercises
  • Chapter 8: The Dirac Equation
  • 8.1 A Linear Relativistic Equation
  • 8.2 Representations of the Gamma Matrices
  • 8.2.1 The Dirac Representation
  • 8.2.2 The Weyl Representation
  • 8.3 Spinors and Lorentz Transformations

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