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A palette of particles /

From molecules to stars, much of the cosmic canvas can be painted in brushstrokes of primary color: the protons, neutrons, and electrons we know so well. But for meticulous detail, we have to dip into exotic hues--leptons, mesons, hadrons, quarks. Bringing particle physics to life as few authors can...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Bernstein, Jeremy, 1929-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2013.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Primary colors. The neutron ; The neutrino ; The electron and the photon
  • Secondary colors. The pion and the muon ; The antiparticle ; STrange particles ; The quark
  • Pastels. The Higgs boson ; Neutrino cosmology ; Squarks, tachyons, and the graviton
  • L;envoi
  • Appendix 1. Accelerators and detectors
  • Appendix 2. Grand Unification
  • Appendix 3. Neutrino oscillations.