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Introduction to Elementary Particle Physics
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Introduction to Elementary Particle Physics Hardcover - 2008

by Alessandro Bettini


Summary

The Standard Model is the most comprehensive physical theory ever developed. This textbook conveys the basic elements of the Standard Model using elementary concepts, without the theoretical rigor found in most other texts on this subject. It contains examples of basic experiments, allowing readers to see how measurements and theory interplay in the development of physics. The author examines leptons, hadrons and quarks, before presenting the dynamics and the surprising properties of the charges of the different forces. The textbook concludes with a brief discussion on the recent discoveries of physics beyond the Standard Model, and its connections with cosmology. Quantitative examples are given, and the reader is guided through the necessary calculations. Each chapter ends in the exercises, and solutions to some problems are included in the book. Complete solutions are available to instructors at www.cambridge.org/9780521880213. This textbook is suitable for advanced undergraduate students and graduate students.

From the publisher

The Standard Model is the most comprehensive physical theory ever developed. This textbook conveys the basic elements of the Standard Model using elementary concepts, without the theoretical rigor found in most other texts on this subject. It contains examples of basic experiments, allowing readers to see how measurements and theory interplay in the development of physics. The author examines leptons, hadrons and quarks, before presenting the dynamics and the surprising properties of the charges of the different forces. The textbook concludes with a brief discussion on the discoveries of physics beyond the Standard Model, and its connections with cosmology. Quantitative examples are given, and the reader is guided through the necessary calculations. Each chapter ends in the exercises, and solutions to some problems are included in the book. Complete solutions are available to instructors at www.cambridge.org/9781107406094.

Details

  • Title Introduction to Elementary Particle Physics
  • Author Alessandro Bettini
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition [ Edition: first
  • Pages 431
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
  • Date May 31, 2008
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780521880213 / 0521880211
  • Weight 2.25 lbs (1.02 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.79 x 7.07 x 1.03 in (24.87 x 17.96 x 2.62 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Standard model (Nuclear physics)
  • Dewey Decimal Code 539.72