The Physics of Neutrinos (eBook)

Vernon Barger, Danny Marfatia, Kerry Whisnant (Autoren)

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2012
240 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4008-4559-0 (ISBN)

Infos

The physics of neutrinos--uncharged elementary particles that are key to helping us better understand the nature of our universe--is one of the most exciting frontiers of modern science. This book provides a comprehensive overview of neutrino physics today and explores promising new avenues of inquiry that could lead to future breakthroughs. The Physics of Neutrinos begins with a concise history of the field and a tutorial on the fundamental properties of neutrinos, and goes on to discuss how the three neutrino types interchange identities as they propagate from their sources to detectors. The book shows how studies of neutrinos produced by such phenomena as cosmic rays in the atmosphere and nuclear reactions in the solar interior provide striking evidence that neutrinos have mass, and it traces our astounding progress in deciphering the baffling experimental findings involving neutrinos. The discovery of neutrino mass offers the first indication of a new kind of physics that goes beyond the Standard Model of elementary particles, and this book considers the unanticipated patterns in the masses and mixings of neutrinos in the framework of proposed new theoretical models. The Physics of Neutrinos maps out the ambitious future facilities and experiments that will advance our knowledge of neutrinos, and explains why the way forward in solving the outstanding questions in neutrino science will require the collective efforts of particle physics, nuclear physics, astrophysics, and cosmology.

Autor

Vernon Barger is professor of physics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is the coauthor of Collider Physics. Danny Marfatia is associate professor of physics at the University of Kansas. Kerry Whisnant is professor of physics at Iowa State University.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 30.9.2012
• Zusatzinfo: 27 halftones. 51 line illus.
• Verlagsort: Princeton
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Astronomie / Astrophysik
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Atom- / Kern- / Molekularphysik
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Hochenergiephysik / Teilchenphysik
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Quantenphysik
• Themenwelt: Technik
• Schlagworte: Air shower (physics) • annihilation • astrophysics • asymmetry • Available energy (particle collision) • Background radiation • beta decay • Big Bang • big bang nucleosynthesis • Binary tetrahedral group • Borexino • Bremsstrahlung • Cadmium • Calculation • Calorimeter (particle physics) • Cherenkov detector • Cherenkov radiation • Chronology of the universe • circular polarization • cloud chamber • Conjunction (astronomy) • Cosmic microwave background • Cosmic Neutrino Background • Cosmic Ray • cosmological constant • CP violation • Cross section (physics) • dark energy • Daya Bay Reactor Neutrino Experiment • density • Detector (radio) • Dirac equation • Double Beta Decay • Double Chooz • ecliptic • Effective mass (solid-state physics) • Elastic scattering • Electric dipole moment • Electric Field • electromagnetic pulse • electromagnetism • Electron Capture • Electron neutrino • Electronvolt • Electroweak interaction • elementary particle • emission spectrum • Equation of State • Equation of state (cosmology) • excited state • Fermi Acceleration • Fermi–Dirac statistics • Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope • Fermilab • Fermion • Fermi's interaction • Feynman diagram • Flavour (particle physics) • four-dimensional space • Galactic Center • Galactic halo • GALLEX • Gamma ray • gamma-ray burst • Geoneutrino • Grand Unified Theory • Gravitational collapse • gravitational potential • Gravitational Wave • Heisenberg picture • Higgs boson • Inverse beta decay • Ionization energy • Kaon • Lagrangian (field theory) • Large Hadron Collider • length scale • Leptogenesis (physics) • Lepton • lepton number • Linear particle accelerator • Liquid Scintillator Neutrino Detector • Local quantum field theory • Lorentz covariance • Lorentz transformation • Magnetic field • magnetic monopole • magnetism • Majorana fermion • Majoron • Massive particle • mass matrix • mass spectrum • Matter power spectrum • Measurement • MiniBooNE • Mirror symmetry (string theory) • Muon • Muon neutrino • Naturalness (physics) • Neutrino • Neutrino detector • Neutrino Factory • Neutrino Oscillation • Neutron • neutron capture • neutron cross section • Neutron detection • neutron star • Nuclear density • nuclear fusion • nuclear physics • nuclear reactor • Nucleon • number density • Order of magnitude • Particle accelerator • Particle physics • Parton (particle physics) • Photon • physics beyond the standard model • Pion • Planck mass • positron • Probability • probability amplitude • Proton • Quantity • Quantum Chromodynamics • quantum decoherence • quantum entanglement • quantum field theory • Quantum Gravity • quantum mechanics • Radioactive decay • Radionuclide • Radio Wave • Relativistic particle • renormalization • resonance • Resonance (chemistry) • Scalar (physics) • scattering • Scintillator • Seesaw mechanism • Solar core • Solar mass • Solar neutrino • Solar Phenomena • spectrum • star formation • Statistic • stellar evolution • sterile neutrino • String Theory • Sudbury Neutrino Observatory • Super-Kamiokande • Supernova • Supernova Early Warning System • Supernova Remnant • Supersymmetry • Tau neutrino • Tau (particle) • Temperature • Tetrachloroethylene • TNT equivalent • Tribimaximal mixing • Tritium • Type II supernova • Uncertainty • Unitarity (physics) • Universe • Weak Interaction
• ISBN-10: 1-4008-4559-9 / 1400845599
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4008-4559-0 / 9781400845590