Introduction to Particle and Astroparticle Physics Multimessenger Astronomy and its Particle Physics Foundations
This book introduces particle physics, astrophysics and cosmology. Starting from an experimental perspective, it provides a unified view of these fields that reflects the very rapid advances being made. This new edition has a number of improvements and has been updated to include material on the Hig...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Springer International Publishing
2018, 2018
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| Edition: | 2nd ed. 2018 |
| Series: | Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Understanding the universe: particles and their interactions
- The birth and the basics of particle physics
- Cosmic rays and the development of particle physics
- Particle detection
- Particles and symmetries
- Interactions and field theories
- The Higgs mechanism and the standard model of particle physics
- The standard model of cosmology and the dark universe
- Neutrino oscillations and masses
- Messengers from the high-energy universe
- Astrobiology, and the relation of fundamental physics to life