Elementary Particle Physics in a Nutshell (eBook)

Christopher G. Tully (Autor)

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2011
320 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4008-3935-3 (ISBN)

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Christopher G. Tully is professor of physics at Princeton University. A leading expert in the Standard Model Higgs boson search, he has made major contributions to high-energy collider programs at CERN and Fermilab.

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An introduction to high-energy physics that prepares students to understand the experimental frontierThe new experiments underway at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN in Switzerland may significantly change our understanding of elementary particle physics and, indeed, the universe. This textbook provides a cutting-edge introduction to the field, preparing first-year graduate students and advanced undergraduates to understand and work in LHC physics at the dawn of what promises to be an era of experimental and theoretical breakthroughs.Christopher Tully, an active participant in the work at the LHC, explains some of the most recent experiments in the field. But this book, which emerged from a course at Princeton University, also provides a comprehensive understanding of the subject. It explains every elementary particle physics process-whether it concerns nonaccelerator experiments, particle astrophysics, or the description of the early universe-as a gauge interaction coupled to the known building blocks of matter. Designed for a one-semester course that is complementary to a course in quantum field theory, the book gives special attention to high-energy collider physics, and includes a detailed discussion of the state of the search for the Higgs boson.Introduces elementary particle processes relevant to astrophysics, collider physics, and the physics of the early universeCovers experimental methods, detectors, and measurementsFeatures a detailed discussion of the Higgs boson searchIncludes many challenging exercisesProfessors: A supplementary Instructor's Manual which provides solutions for Chapters 1-3 of the textbook, is available as a PDF. It is restricted to teachers using the text in courses. To obtain a copy, please email your request to: Ingrid_Gnerlich "e;at"e; press.princeton.edu.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 10.10.2011
• Reihe/Serie: In a Nutshell
• Reihe/Serie: In a Nutshell
• Zusatzinfo: 6 halftones. 129 line illus.
• Verlagsort: Princeton
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Atom- / Kern- / Molekularphysik
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Hochenergiephysik / Teilchenphysik
• Themenwelt: Technik
• Schlagworte: Antimatter • Antiparticle • Antiproton • ATLAS Experiment • Baryon • Boson • Bremsstrahlung • Calculation • Calorimeter • Cherenkov detector • Cherenkov radiation • Classical physics • color charge • Compton Scattering • coupling constant • CP violation • Cross section (physics) • Dirac equation • Dirac spinor • electric charge • electromagnetism • electron • Electron neutrino • Electroweak interaction • Electroweak scale • elementary particle • Equations of motion • Fermi–Dirac statistics • Fermilab • Fermion • Feynman diagram • Four-vector • Gauge boson • Gauge Theory • Gluon • ground state • Hadron • Hadron Collider • Hadronization • Helicity (particle physics) • Higgs boson • Higgs Mechanism • Hypercharge • Invariant mass • Ionization • Isospin • Kaon • Lagrangian (field theory) • length scale • Lepton • Lorentz covariance • Lorentz transformation • Magnetic field • mass–energy equivalence • Massless particle • Measurement • Meson • Momentum • Muon • Muon neutrino • Neutrino • Neutrino Oscillation • Neutron • Order of magnitude • pair production • Particle physics • Perturbation theory (quantum mechanics) • Phase space • Photon • Photon energy • Pion • positron • Probability • Propagator • Pseudorapidity • Quantity • Quantum Chromodynamics • quantum electrodynamics • quantum field theory • Quantum number • Quark • Radiation length • rapidity • Scalar (physics) • scattering • S-Matrix • Spectrometer • Spin (physics) • Spin Polarization • Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking • Strong Interaction • Tevatron • Top Quark • Unitarity (physics) • Vacuum • Vector boson • Virtual particle • W and Z bosons • wave function • Weak Interaction
• ISBN-10: 1-4008-3935-1 / 1400839351
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4008-3935-3 / 9781400839353