| Description |
1 online resource (v, 507 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Cover -- Elementary Particle Physics -- Copyright -- Contents -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Quantisation of the Electromagnetic Field and Spontaneous Photon Emission -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 The Principle of Canonical Quantisation -- 2.3 The Quantum Theory of Radiation -- 2.3.1 Maxwell's theory as a classical field theory -- 2.3.2 Quantum theory of the free electromagnetic field-photons -- 2.4 Interaction of Atoms and Radiation -- 2.4.1 The Hamiltonian -- 2.4.2 Elements of perturbation theory -- 2.4.3 The transition probability -- 2.4.4 Application to the problem of spontaneous emission |
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2.5 Problems -- 3 Elements of Classical Field Theory -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Lagrangian and Hamiltonian Mechanics -- 3.3 Classical Field Theory -- 3.4 Problems -- 4 Scattering in Classical and Quantum Physics -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 The Scattering Cross Section -- 4.3 Collisions in Non-Relativistic Quantum Mechanics -- 4.3.1 The range and the strength of the interactions -- 4.3.2 Potential scattering -- 4.4 Problems -- 5 Elements of Group Theory -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Groups and Representations -- 5.3 Lie Groups -- 5.4 Lie Algebras -- 5.5 Examples of Lie Groups and their Algebras |
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6.4.1 Everything is simple -- 6.4.2 Conservation laws -- baryon and lepton number -- 6.4.3 The four fundamental interactions -- 6.5 Heisenberg and the Symmetries of Nuclear Forces -- 6.6 Fermi and the Weak Interactions -- 6.7 The Muon and the Pion -- 6.8 From Cosmic Rays to Particle Accelerators -- 6.8.1 Introduction -- 6.8.2 Electrostatic accelerators -- 6.8.3 Linear accelerators -- 6.8.4 Cyclotrons -- 6.8.5 Colliders -- 6.9 The Detectors -- 6.9.1 Introduction -- 6.9.2 Bubble chambers -- 6.9.3 Counters -- 6.10 New Elementary Particles and New Quantum Numbers -- 6.10.1 Unstable particles |
| Summary |
This engaging introduction to the latest theoretical advances and experimental discoveries in elementary particle physics, culminating in the development of the 'Standard Model', makes this fascinating subject accessible to undergraduate students and aims at motivating them to study it further |
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Includes index |
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7.3.5 The conjugate equation |
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Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (Oxford Scholarship Online, viewed July 15, 2022) |
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Particles (Nuclear physics)
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Elementary Particles
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particle physics.
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Particles (Nuclear physics)
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Standard model (Nuclear physics)
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Tomaras, T. N. (Theodore N.)
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| ISBN |
9780192658166 |
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0192658166 |
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9780191926983 |
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0191926981 |
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