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1 online resource (xxiii, 628 pages) : illustrations, color plates |
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880-01 Higgs -- Neutrino -- Grand unified theories -- Supersymmetry I: basics -- Supersymmetry II: phenomenology -- Extra dimensions -- Cosmology I: big bang universe -- Cosmology II: structure formation -- Dark matter -- Dark energy -- Appendix A: Virial theorem -- Appendix B: Chandrasekhar mass -- Appendix C: Production of KK gravitons -- Appendix D: Homotopy -- Appendix E: General relativity -- Appendix F: Tensor spherical harmonic function -- Appendix G: Destiny of the cosmos -- Appendix H: Answers to some problems |
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880-01/(S Machine generated contents note: 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Higgs Interactions -- 1.2.1. Standard Model -- 1.2.2. Lagrangian After Symmetry Breaking -- 1.2.3. Decay Modes -- 1.3. Mass -- 1.3.1. Predictions from EW Data -- 1.3.2. Vacuum stability -- 1.3.3. Theoretical Upper Limit -- 1.4. Little and Big Hierarchy Problem -- 1.5. Higgs in the Supersymmetry -- 1.5.1. Two Higgs Doublets -- 1.5.2. Coupling Strengths of MSSM Higgs -- 1.5.3. Mass Spectrum of MSSM Higgs -- 1.6. Is the Higgs Elementary-- 1.6.1. Technicolor Model -- 1.6.2. Little Higgs Model -- 1.7. Production and Detection of Higgs -- 1.7.1. Higgsstrahlung e-e+ -> hZ -- 1.7.2. W Boson Fusion -- 1.7.3. Productions at the Hadron Collider -- 1.7.4. Signals at LHC -- 1.7.5. Higgs Detection Methods -- 1.7.6. Discovery of Higgs -- 1.7.7. SM Higgs-- 1.7.8. MSSM Higgs and Future Prospect -- 1.8. Summary -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. Neutrino Mass -- 2.2.1. Mass Matrix -- 2.2.2. Left-Right Symmetric Model -- 2.3. Electromagnetic Interaction -- 2.4. Neutrino Mixing -- 2.5. Neutrino Oscillation -- 2.5.1. Two-Flavor Oscillation -- 2.5.2. Atmospheric Neutrino -- 2.5.3. Accelerator Experiments -- 2.6. Underground Detectors -- 2.7. Solar Neutrino -- 2.7.1. Solar Puzzle -- 2.7.2. Matter Oscillation -- 2.7.3. Reactor Experiment -- 2.8. Three-Flavor Oscillation -- 2.8.1. PMNS Matrix -- 2.8.2. Summary of Experimental Data -- 2.8.3. CP Violation and Mass Hierarchy -- 2.8.4. Future Prospects -- 2.9. Double Beta Decay -- 2.9.1. Effective Majorana Mass -- 2.9.2. Current Status -- 2.9.3. To Design an Experiment -- 2.9.4. Experimental Apparatus -- 2.10. Supernova Neutrino -- 2.10.1. Stellar Evolution -- 2.10.2. Feedback to Particle Physics -- 3.1. Introduction -- 3.2. Why GUTs-- 3.2.1. Weinberg Angle in GUTs -- 3.2.2. Quantization of the Electric Charge -- 3.2.3. Triangle Anomaly -- 3.3. S U(5) -- 3.3.1. Fermion Representation -- 3.3.2. Representation of the Gauge Particle -- 3.3.3. Symmetry Breakdown -- 3.3.4. Predictions -- 3.4. SO(10) -- 3.4.1. Left-Right Symmetric World -- 3.4.2. New Gauge Bosons Z' and W' -- 3.5. Hierarchy Problem -- 3.6. SUSY GUT -- 4.1. Introduction -- 4.1.1. Toy Model -- 4.1.2. Field Theoretical Operators -- 4.2. Two-Component Formalism -- 4.2.1. Majorana Fields -- 4.2.2. SUSY Operators -- 4.2.3. Superspace -- 4.3. Chiral Superfield -- 4.3.1. Products of Chiral Superfields -- 4.4. Vector Superfields -- 4.4.1. Field Strength -- 4.5. Action -- 4.5.1. SUSY Invariant Action -- 4.5.2. Kinetic Energy of Chiral Superfield -- 4.5.3. Superpotential -- 4.5.4. Lagrangian of the Chiral Fields -- 4.5.5. Kinetic Energy of Vector Field -- 4.6. Gauge Interaction -- 4.6.1. Global U(1) Transformation -- 4.6.2. Local U(1) Transformation -- 4.6.3. Non-Abelian Interaction -- 4.7. Summary of SUSY Lagrangian -- 4.8. Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking -- 4.8.1. D-Term Breaking -- 4.8.2. F-Term Breaking -- 5.1. Introduction -- 5.2. Minimum Supersymmetric Standard Model -- 5.2.1. Particle Spectrum -- 5.2.2. Interactions -- 5.2.3. Constraints -- 5.2.4. SUSY Breaking -- 5.2.5. Higgs Potential -- 5.3. Minimum SUGRA -- 5.3.1. Soft- SUSY Breaking -- 5.3.2. Mass Formula -- 5.3.3. [æ] Problem -- 5.4. GMSB -- 5.4.1. Messenger Particles -- 5.4.2. Mass Formula -- 5.4.3. Features of GMSB -- 5.5. AMSB and Extra Dimension -- 5.6. Summary of Mass Spectra -- 5.7. Searches for Sparticles -- 5.7.1. Production Mechanism -- 5.7.2. Sleptons -- 5.7.3. Charginos and Neutralinos -- 5.7.4. LSP -- 5.7.5. Gluino and Squarks -- 5.7.6. Stop -- 5.7.7. R-hadrons -- 5.7.8. Gravitino -- 5.8. Current Status -- 6.1. Introduction -- 6.2. KK Tower -- 6.2.1. Effective Coupling Strength in 4D -- 6.3. Chiral Fermions -- 6.3.1. Othifold S1/Z2 -- 6.3.2. Mass Generation and Localization -- 6.3.3. Hierarchy -- 6.3.4. Split Fermion Scenario -- 6.4. Gauge Field in ED -- 6.4.1. Action in 4D -- 6.4.2. Coupling Strength -- 6.4.3. Gauge-Higgs Unification -- 6.5. Gravitational Field -- 6.5.1. Decomposition of the Gravitational Fields -- 6.6. Warped Extra Dimension -- 6.6.1. Anti-de Sitter Space AdS5 -- 6.6.2. RS1 Scenario -- 6.6.3. RS2 scenario -- 6.6.4. Gravitons in the RS Model -- 6.6.5. Signals for Warped ED -- 6.7. Universal Extra Dimension (UED) -- 6.7.1. General Features -- 6.7.2. Selection Rules -- 6.7.3. Constraints -- 6.7.4. Signals for UED -- 6.8. Searches for Generic ED -- 6.8.1. Astrophysical Constraints on ADD Models -- 6.8.2. Collider Experiments on ADD Models -- 6.8.3. TeV-1 Extra Dimension Model: -- 6.9. Black hole production -- 7.1. Soliton -- 7.1.1. Kink -- 7.1.2. Vortex -- 7.1.3. Winding Number -- 7.1.4. Spacetime Where the Soliton Lives -- 7.1.5. Instanton -- 7.1.6. θ Vacuum -- 7.1.7. Electroweak Vacua -- 7.2. Strong CP Problem -- 7.2.1. Anomaly -- 7.2.2. Chiral Transformation and the Mass Term -- 7.2.3. U(1) problem -- 7.3. Why Do We Need the Axion-- 7.3.1. PQ Symmetry and the Standard Axion -- 7.3.2. Invisible Axion -- 7.4. Constraints on Invisible Axions -- 7.4.1. Coolant of the Stellar Evolution -- 7.4.2. Axion as the Dark Matter -- 7.4.3. Misalignment axion -- 7.5. Laboratory Axion Searches -- 8.1. Why Do We Study Cosmology-- 8.2. Cosmic Equation -- 8.2.1. Robertson-Walker Metric -- 8.2.2. Friedmann Equation -- 8.3. Expanding Universe -- 8.3.1. Redshift of Light -- 8.3.2. Redshift of Particles -- 8.3.3. Cosmic Parameters -- 8.4. Thermal Universe -- 8.4.1. Thermodynamics -- 8.4.2. Radiation and Matter Dominance -- 8.4.3. Time versus Temperature -- 8.4.4. Overview of Thermal History -- 8.5. Cosmic Distance, Horizon -- 8.5.1. Distance -- 8.5.2. Horizon -- 8.6. Genesis -- 8.6.1. Matter Universe -- 8.6.2. Baryogenesis -- 8.6.3. Leptogenesis -- 8.6.4. Neutrino Decoupling -- 8.6.5. Big Bang Nucleosynthesis -- 8.7. Last Scattering -- 8.7.1. Radiation-Matter Equality -- 8.7.2. Recombination -- 8.7.3. Dark Age -- 8.8. Inflation -- 8.8.1. Slow Rolling and Reheating -- 8.8.2. Horizon Problem -- 8.8.3. Flatness Problem -- 8.8.4. Monopole Problem -- 9.1. Galaxy Distribution -- 9.1.1. Introduction -- 9.1.2. Boltzmann Equation -- 9.1.3. Growth of the Fluctuation -- 9.1.4. Dark Matter -- 9.1.5. Jeans Wavelength of the Neutrino -- 9.1.6. Power Spectrum -- 9.1.7. Initial fluctuation -- 9.1.8. Effects of Neutrino Mass -- 9.1.9. Primordial Fluctuation -- 9.2. CMB Anisotropy -- 9.2.1. Overview -- 9.2.2. Sachs-Wolfe Effect -- 9.2.3. Acoustic Oscillations -- 9.2.4. Doppler Effect -- 9.2.5. Silk Damping -- 9.2.6. Outcome of CMB Measurements -- 9.2.7. Polarization -- 10.1. Cosmic Budget -- 10.2. Evidences of Dark Matter -- 10.2.1. Rotation Curves of Spiral Galaxies -- 10.2.2. Virial Mass of the Clusters -- 10.2.3. X-ray Emitting Clusters -- 10.2.4. Gravitational Lens -- 10.3. Relics of the Big Bang -- 10.3.1. Freeze-Out -- 10.3.2. Hot Dark Matter -- 10.3.3. Cold Dark Matter -- 10.3.4. Candidates for the Dark Matter -- 10.4. How to Detect-- 10.4.1. Indirect methods -- 10.4.2. Production by Accelerators -- 10.4.3. WIMPS Wind -- 10.5. Searches for DMs in the Halo -- 10.5.1. General -- 10.5.2. Bolometer -- 10.5.3. Xe Detector -- 10.5.4. Current Status -- 11.1. Dark Energy -- 11.1.1. Accelerating Universe -- 11.1.2. Cosmic Age -- 11.1.3. ACDM Model -- 11.2. Cosmological Constant -- 11.3. Quintessence model -- 11.4. Other Dark Energy Models -- 11.5. How to Investigate the Dark Energy-- E.1. Geodesic Equation -- E.2. Ricci Tensor and Scalar -- E.3. Gauge Degrees of Freedom -- E.4. Gravitational Waves |
| Summary |
"A unique and comprehensive presentation on modern particle physics which stores the background knowledge on the big open questions beyond the standard model, as the existence of the Higgs-boson, or the nature of Dark Matter and Dark Energy"--Provided by publisher |
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Edition statement from running title area |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed April 02, 2014) |
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Nuclear astrophysics.
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Particles (Nuclear physics)
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Elementary Particles
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particle physics.
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SCIENCE -- Physics -- Quantum Theory.
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Nuclear astrophysics
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Particles (Nuclear physics)
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Electronic book
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9783527665020 |
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3527665021 |
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9783527665051 |
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3527665056 |
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3527411771 |
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9783527411771 |
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3527665048 |
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9783527665044 |
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352766503X |
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9783527665037 |
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9781306531894 |
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1306531896 |
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