The experimental foundations of particle physics /
Our current understanding of elementary particles and their interactions emerged from break-through experiments. This book presents these experiments, beginning with the discoveries of the neutron and positron, and following them through mesons, strange particles, antiparticles, and quarks and gluon...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2009.
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| Edition: | 2nd ed. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Our current understanding of elementary particles and their interactions emerged from break-through experiments. This book presents these experiments, beginning with the discoveries of the neutron and positron, and following them through mesons, strange particles, antiparticles, and quarks and gluons. This second edition contains new chapters on the W and Z bosons, the top quark, B-meson mixing and CP violation, and neutrino oscillations. This book provides an insight into particle physics for researchers, advanced undergraduate and graduate students. Throughout the book, the fundamental equations required to understand the experiments are derived clearly and simply. Each chapter is accompanied by reprinted articles and a collection of problems with a broad range of difficulty. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 553 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780511651465 0511651465 9780521521475 0521521475 9780511609923 0511609922 0511592655 9780511592652 9781139636100 1139636103 9780511590795 0511590792 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/CBO9780511609923 |