BR Martin
John Wiley & Sons
e druk, 2017
9781118911907
Particle Physics 4e
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John Wiley & Sons |
e druk, 2017
ISBN13: 9781118911907
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Manchester Physics Series
Verwachte levertijd ongeveer 9 werkdagen
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An accessible and carefully structured introduction to Particle Physics, including important coverage of the Higgs Boson and recent progress in neutrino physics.
Fourth edition of this successful title in the Manchester Physics series
Includes information on recent key discoveries including: An account of the discovery of exotic hadrons, byond the simple quark model; Expanded treatments of neutrino physics and CP violation in B–decays; An updated account of physics beyond the standard model , including the interaction of particle physics with cosmology
Additional problems in all chapters, with solutions to selected problems available on the book s website
Advanced material appears in optional starred sections
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Inhoudsopgave
Suggested Short Course Inside Front Cover
<p>Editors preface to the Manchester Physics Series xiii</p>
<p>Authors preface xv</p>
<p>Notes xvii</p>
<p>1 Some basic concepts 1</p>
<p>1.1 Introduction 1</p>
<p>1.2 Antiparticles 3</p>
<p>1.3 Interactions and Feynman diagrams 9</p>
<p>1.4 Particle exchange 15</p>
<p>1.5 Units and dimensions 19</p>
<p>Problems 1 22</p>
<p>2 Leptons and the weak interaction 24</p>
<p>2.1 Lepton multiplets and lepton numbers 24</p>
<p>2.2 Leptonic weak interactions 31</p>
<p>2.3 Neutrino masses and neutrino mixing 35</p>
<p>Problems 2 50</p>
<p>3 Quarks and hadrons 52</p>
<p>3.1 Quarks 53</p>
<p>3.2 General properties of hadrons 55</p>
<p>3.3 Pions and nucleons 58</p>
<p>3.4 Strange particles, charm and bottom 61</p>
<p>3.5 Short–lived hadrons 66</p>
<p>3.6 Allowed and exotic quantum numbers 72</p>
<p>Problems 3 75</p>
<p>4 Experimental methods 77</p>
<p>4.1 Overview 77</p>
<p>4.2 Accelerators and beams 79</p>
<p>4.3 Particle interactions with matter 86</p>
<p>4.4 Particle detectors 95</p>
<p>4.5 Detector systems and accelerator experiments 112</p>
<p>4.6 Non–accelerator experiments 121</p>
<p>Problems 4 123</p>
<p>5 Space time symmetries 126</p>
<p>5.1 Translational invariance 127</p>
<p>5.2 Rotational invariance 129</p>
<p>5.3 Parity 135</p>
<p>5.4 Charge conjugation 142</p>
<p>5.5 Positronium 145</p>
<p>5.6 Time reversal 149</p>
<p>Problems 5 153</p>
<p>6 The quark model 155</p>
<p>6.1 Isospin symmetry 156</p>
<p>6.2 The lightest hadrons 162</p>
<p>6.3 The L = 0 heavy quark states 174</p>
<p>6.4 Colour 177</p>
<p>6.5 Charmonium and bottomonium 184</p>
<p>Problems 6 191</p>
<p>7 QCD, jets and gluons 193</p>
<p>7.1 Quantum chromodynamics 193</p>
<p>7.2 Electron positron annihilation 210</p>
<p>Problems 7 215</p>
<p>8 Quarks and partons 217</p>
<p>8.1 Elastic electron scattering: the size of the proton 217</p>
<p>8.2 Inelastic electron and muon scattering 222</p>
<p>8.3 Inelastic neutrino scattering 231</p>
<p>8.4 Other processes 236</p>
<p>8.5 Current and constituent quarks 243</p>
<p>Problems 8 246</p>
<p>9 Weak interactions: quarks and leptons 248</p>
<p>9.1 Charged current reactions 250</p>
<p>9.2 The third generation 262</p>
<p>Problems 9 274</p>
<p>10 Weak interactions: electroweak unification 276</p>
<p>10.1 Neutral currents and the unified theory 277</p>
<p>10.2 Gauge invariance and the Higgs boson 287</p>
<p>Problems 10 305</p>
<p>11 Discrete symmetries: C, P, CP and CPT 308</p>
<p>11.1 P violation, C violation and CP conservation 308</p>
<p>11.2 CP violation and particle antiparticle mixing 316</p>
<p>11.3 CP violation in the standard model 340</p>
<p>Problems 11 343</p>
<p>12 Beyond the standard model 346</p>
<p>12.1 Grand unification 347</p>
<p>12.2 Supersymmetry 354</p>
<p>12.3 Strings and things 358</p>
<p>12.4 Particle physics and cosmology 360</p>
<p>12.5 Dirac or Majorana neutrinos? 373</p>
<p>Problems 12 381</p>
<p>A Relativistic kinematics 383</p>
<p>A.1 The Lorentz transformation for energy and momentum 383</p>
<p>A.2 The invariant mass 385</p>
<p>A.3 Transformation of the scattering angle 388</p>
<p>Problems A 390</p>
<p>B Amplitudes and cross–sections 392</p>
<p>B.1 Rates and cross–sections 392</p>
<p>B.2 The total cross–section 394</p>
<p>B.3 Differential cross–sections 395</p>
<p>B.4 The scattering amplitude 397</p>
<p>B.5 The Breit Wigner formula 400</p>
<p>Problems B 406</p>
<p>C The isospin formalism 408</p>
<p>C.1 Isospin operators 409</p>
<p>C.2 Isospin states 411</p>
<p>C.3 Isospin multiplets 411</p>
<p>C.4 Branching ratios 414</p>
<p>C.5 Spin states 416</p>
<p>Problems C 416</p>
<p>D Gauge theories 418</p>
<p>D.1 Electromagnetic interactions 419</p>
<p>D.2 Gauge transformations 420</p>
<p>D.3 Gauge invariance and the photon mass 421</p>
<p>D.4 The gauge principle 423</p>
<p>D.5 The Higgs mechanism 425</p>
<p>D.6 Quantum chromodynamics 429</p>
<p>D.7 Electroweak interactions 434</p>
<p>Problems D 441</p>
<p>E Answers to selected questions 443</p>
<p>References 448</p>
<p>Index 451</p>
<p>Physical Constants, Conversion Factors and Natural Units Inside Back Cover</p>
<p>Editors preface to the Manchester Physics Series xiii</p>
<p>Authors preface xv</p>
<p>Notes xvii</p>
<p>1 Some basic concepts 1</p>
<p>1.1 Introduction 1</p>
<p>1.2 Antiparticles 3</p>
<p>1.3 Interactions and Feynman diagrams 9</p>
<p>1.4 Particle exchange 15</p>
<p>1.5 Units and dimensions 19</p>
<p>Problems 1 22</p>
<p>2 Leptons and the weak interaction 24</p>
<p>2.1 Lepton multiplets and lepton numbers 24</p>
<p>2.2 Leptonic weak interactions 31</p>
<p>2.3 Neutrino masses and neutrino mixing 35</p>
<p>Problems 2 50</p>
<p>3 Quarks and hadrons 52</p>
<p>3.1 Quarks 53</p>
<p>3.2 General properties of hadrons 55</p>
<p>3.3 Pions and nucleons 58</p>
<p>3.4 Strange particles, charm and bottom 61</p>
<p>3.5 Short–lived hadrons 66</p>
<p>3.6 Allowed and exotic quantum numbers 72</p>
<p>Problems 3 75</p>
<p>4 Experimental methods 77</p>
<p>4.1 Overview 77</p>
<p>4.2 Accelerators and beams 79</p>
<p>4.3 Particle interactions with matter 86</p>
<p>4.4 Particle detectors 95</p>
<p>4.5 Detector systems and accelerator experiments 112</p>
<p>4.6 Non–accelerator experiments 121</p>
<p>Problems 4 123</p>
<p>5 Space time symmetries 126</p>
<p>5.1 Translational invariance 127</p>
<p>5.2 Rotational invariance 129</p>
<p>5.3 Parity 135</p>
<p>5.4 Charge conjugation 142</p>
<p>5.5 Positronium 145</p>
<p>5.6 Time reversal 149</p>
<p>Problems 5 153</p>
<p>6 The quark model 155</p>
<p>6.1 Isospin symmetry 156</p>
<p>6.2 The lightest hadrons 162</p>
<p>6.3 The L = 0 heavy quark states 174</p>
<p>6.4 Colour 177</p>
<p>6.5 Charmonium and bottomonium 184</p>
<p>Problems 6 191</p>
<p>7 QCD, jets and gluons 193</p>
<p>7.1 Quantum chromodynamics 193</p>
<p>7.2 Electron positron annihilation 210</p>
<p>Problems 7 215</p>
<p>8 Quarks and partons 217</p>
<p>8.1 Elastic electron scattering: the size of the proton 217</p>
<p>8.2 Inelastic electron and muon scattering 222</p>
<p>8.3 Inelastic neutrino scattering 231</p>
<p>8.4 Other processes 236</p>
<p>8.5 Current and constituent quarks 243</p>
<p>Problems 8 246</p>
<p>9 Weak interactions: quarks and leptons 248</p>
<p>9.1 Charged current reactions 250</p>
<p>9.2 The third generation 262</p>
<p>Problems 9 274</p>
<p>10 Weak interactions: electroweak unification 276</p>
<p>10.1 Neutral currents and the unified theory 277</p>
<p>10.2 Gauge invariance and the Higgs boson 287</p>
<p>Problems 10 305</p>
<p>11 Discrete symmetries: C, P, CP and CPT 308</p>
<p>11.1 P violation, C violation and CP conservation 308</p>
<p>11.2 CP violation and particle antiparticle mixing 316</p>
<p>11.3 CP violation in the standard model 340</p>
<p>Problems 11 343</p>
<p>12 Beyond the standard model 346</p>
<p>12.1 Grand unification 347</p>
<p>12.2 Supersymmetry 354</p>
<p>12.3 Strings and things 358</p>
<p>12.4 Particle physics and cosmology 360</p>
<p>12.5 Dirac or Majorana neutrinos? 373</p>
<p>Problems 12 381</p>
<p>A Relativistic kinematics 383</p>
<p>A.1 The Lorentz transformation for energy and momentum 383</p>
<p>A.2 The invariant mass 385</p>
<p>A.3 Transformation of the scattering angle 388</p>
<p>Problems A 390</p>
<p>B Amplitudes and cross–sections 392</p>
<p>B.1 Rates and cross–sections 392</p>
<p>B.2 The total cross–section 394</p>
<p>B.3 Differential cross–sections 395</p>
<p>B.4 The scattering amplitude 397</p>
<p>B.5 The Breit Wigner formula 400</p>
<p>Problems B 406</p>
<p>C The isospin formalism 408</p>
<p>C.1 Isospin operators 409</p>
<p>C.2 Isospin states 411</p>
<p>C.3 Isospin multiplets 411</p>
<p>C.4 Branching ratios 414</p>
<p>C.5 Spin states 416</p>
<p>Problems C 416</p>
<p>D Gauge theories 418</p>
<p>D.1 Electromagnetic interactions 419</p>
<p>D.2 Gauge transformations 420</p>
<p>D.3 Gauge invariance and the photon mass 421</p>
<p>D.4 The gauge principle 423</p>
<p>D.5 The Higgs mechanism 425</p>
<p>D.6 Quantum chromodynamics 429</p>
<p>D.7 Electroweak interactions 434</p>
<p>Problems D 441</p>
<p>E Answers to selected questions 443</p>
<p>References 448</p>
<p>Index 451</p>
<p>Physical Constants, Conversion Factors and Natural Units Inside Back Cover</p>