Particle Physics [OP]

An Introduction

Robert Purdy (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

418 Seiten

2018
Mercury Learning & Information (Verlag)
978-1-68392-142-4 (ISBN)

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Provides an introduction to the fundamental particles that make up the matter in our universe. Numerous examples, figures, and simple explanations enable general readers and physics students to understand complex concepts related to the universe. Selected topics include atoms, quarks, accelerators, detectors, colliders, string theory, and more.

This book is designed as a brief introduction to the fundamental particles that make up the matter in our universe. Numerous examples, figures, and simple explanations enable general readers and physics students to understand complex concepts related to the universe. Selected topics include atoms, quarks, accelerators, detectors, colliders, string theory, and more.

Purdy Robert : Robert Purdy, PhD is a lecturer in Physics at the University of Leeds. He has taught modules in classical mechanics, Lagrangian and Hamiltonian mechanics, nuclear physics, particle physics, quantum field theory, and mathematics for physicists.

1. A History of Particle Physics.
2. Special Relativity.
3. Quantum Mechanics.
4. Symmetries and Groups.
5. Experimental Particle Physics.
6. Particle Classification.
7. Relativistic Quantum Mechanics.
8. The Dirac Equation.
9. Quantum Electrodynamics.
10. Non-Abelian Gauge Theory and Color.
11. Symmetry Breaking and the Higgs Mechanism.
12. The Standard Model of Particle Physics.
13. Beyond the Standard Model.

Appendices.
Bibliography.
Index.

Erscheinungsdatum	03.02.2018
Reihe/Serie	Essentials of Physics Series
Sprache	englisch
Gewicht	599 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Hochenergiephysik / Teilchenphysik
ISBN-10	1-68392-142-9 / 1683921429
ISBN-13	978-1-68392-142-4 / 9781683921424
Zustand	Neuware