Author : Elliot Leader,Enrico Predazzi
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 550 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1996-03-14
Category : Science
ISBN : 052146840X
An Introduction to Gauge Theories and Modern Particle Physics by Elliot Leader,Enrico Predazzi Pdf
This work presents, in two volumes, a comprehensive and unified treatment of modern theoretical and experimental particle physics at a level accessible to beginning research students. The emphasis throughout is on presenting underlying physical principles in a simple and intuitive way, and the more sophisticated methods demanded by present day research interests are introduced in a very gradual and gentle fashion. Volume 1 covers electroweak interactions, the discovery and properties of the 'new' particles, the discovery of partons and the construction and predictions of the simple parton model. Volume 2 deals at some length with CP-violation, but is mainly devoted to QCD and its application to 'hard' processes. A brief coverage of 'soft' hadronic physics is included. This work will provide a comprehensive reference and textbook for all graduate students and researchers interested in modern particle physics.