Synopses & Reviews
"An authoritative presentation of the basic concepts of particle physics by two internationally recognized leaders in the field...Treats all the major areas of particle physics, including the quark model, hadronic spectroscopy, and the so-called 'standard model'....Of interest to most physicists ranging from upper-division undergraduates to those actually working in the field...Recommended as an essential addition to the library of any institution supporting a physics major."--Choice. "An extremely efficient discussion....It will enable one to understand much of modern particle physics."--Science. "A splendid review of subnuclear phenomena."--Physics Today "The book may be recommended to anyone who not only wishes to learn about the most important concepts of elementary particle physics but also the intellectual atmosphere which gave rise to the exciting discoveries in this field. It is not what appears in this book which separates it from others, but how it is written." Acta Physica Austriaca
Synopsis
The second volume of this authoritative work traces the material outlined in the first, but in far greater detail and with a much higher degree of sophistication. The authors begin with the theory of the electromagnetic interaction, and then consider hadronic structure, exploring the accuracy of the quark model by examining the excited states of baryons and mesons. They introduce the color variable as a prelude to the development of quantum chromodynamics, the theory of the strong interaction, and go on to discuss the electroweak interaction--the broken symmetry of which they explain by the Higgs mechanism--and conclude with a consideration of grand unification theories.
Table of Contents
A. The Evolution of the Particle Concept before the Advent of Quantum Mechanics
B. Non-Relativistic Quantum Mechanics and Atomic Physics
C. Relativistic Quantum Theory
D. Nuclear Phenomena
E. Subnuclear Phenomena
1. Introduction
2. The Baryon Spectrum
3. Mesons
4. Conservation of Isospin, Strangeness, Charm, and Baryon Number
5. Quarks
6. Hadronic Spectroscopy
7. The Strong Interaction Field: Quantum Chromodynamics
8. The Electromagnetic Interaction of Hadrons
9. Charge-changing Weak Interactions
10. The Relationship between Weak and Electromagnetic Interactions
11. Neutral Kaons and CP Violation
12. Synopsis: The Standard Model
13. Outlook