The Anomalous Magnetic Moment of the Muon

Friedrich Jegerlehner (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

XIV, 426 Seiten

2010 | 1. Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2008
Springer Berlin (Verlag)
978-3-642-09168-1 (ISBN)

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It seems to be a strange enterprise to attempt write a physics book about a single number. It was not my idea to do so, but why not. In mathematics, maybe, one would write a book about ?. Certainly, the muon's anomalous magnetic moment is a very special number and today re?ects almost the full spectrum of e?ects incorporated in today's Standard Model (SM) of fun- mental interactions, including the electromagnetic, the weak and the strong forces. The muon g? 2, how it is also called, is a truly fascinating theme both from an experimental and from a theoretical point of view and it has played a crucial role in the development of QED which ?nally developed into the SM by successive inclusion of the weak and the strong interactions. The topic has fascinated a large number of particle physicists, last but not least it was always a benchmark for theory as a monitor for e?ects beyond what was known at the time. As an example, nobody could believe that a muon is just a heavy version of an electron; why should nature repeat itself, it hardly can make sense.

Basic Concepts, Introduction to QED, g - 2 in a Nutshell, General Properties and Tools.- Quantum Field Theory and Quantum Electrodynamics.- Lepton Magnetic Moments: Basics.- A Detailed Account of the Theory, Outline of Concepts of the Experiment, Status and Perspectives.- Electromagnetic and Weak Radiative Corrections.- Hadronic Effects.- The g - 2 Experiments.- Comparison Between Theory and Experiment and Future Perspectives.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	30.11.2010
Reihe/Serie	Springer Tracts in Modern Physics
Zusatzinfo	XIV, 426 p. 172 illus.
Verlagsort	Berlin
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Gewicht	661 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Atom- / Kern- / Molekularphysik
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Hochenergiephysik / Teilchenphysik
Schlagworte	CERN • Electroweak interaction • g-2 • Hadron • Lepton • Magnetic moment • Muon • Particle physics • Precision tests • quantum electrodynamics • relativistic quantum theory • standard model
ISBN-10	3-642-09168-7 / 3642091687
ISBN-13	978-3-642-09168-1 / 9783642091681
Zustand	Neuware