Elementary Particles and Their Interactions Concepts and Phenomena

Elementary Particles and Their Interactions. Concepts and Phenomena presents a well-written and thorough introduction to this field at the advanced undergraduate and graduate level. Students familiar with quantum mechanics, special relativity and classical electrodynamics will find easy access to mo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Ho-Kim, Quang, Pham, Xuan-Yem (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 1998, 1998
Edition:1st ed. 1998
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 1 Particles and Interactions: An Overview
  • 2 Boson Fields
  • 3 Fermion Fields
  • 4 Collisions and Decays
  • 5 Discrete Symmetries
  • 6 Hadrons and Isospin
  • 7 Quarks and SU(3) Symmetry
  • 8 Gauge Field Theories
  • 9 The Standard Model of the Electroweak Interaction
  • 10 Electron—Nucleon Scattering
  • 11 Neutral K Mesons and CP Violation
  • 12 The Neutrinos
  • 13 Muon and Tau Lepton Decays
  • 14 One-Loop QCD Corrections
  • 15 Asymptotic Freedom in QCD
  • 16 Heavy Flavors
  • 17 Status and Perspectives of the Standard Model
  • Selected Solutions
  • Appendix: Useful Formulas
  • A.1 Relativistic Quantum Mechanics
  • A.2 Cross-Sections and Decay Rates
  • A.3 Phase Space and Loop Integrals
  • A.4 Feynman Rules
  • A.5 Parameters of the Standard Model