Overview

Electroweak and Strong Interaction: Phenomenology, Concepts, Models, begins with relativistic quantum mechanics and some quantum field theory which lay the foundation for the rest of the text. The phenomenology and the physics of the fundamental interactions are emphasized through a detailed discussion of the empirical fundamentals of unified theories of strong, electromagnetic, and weak interactions. The principles of local gauge theories are described both in a heuristic and a geometric framework. The minimal standard model of the fundamental interactions is developed in detail and characteristic applications are worked out. Possible signals of physics beyond that model, notably in the physics of neutrinos are also discussed. Among the applications scattering on nucleons and on nuclei provide salient examples. Numerous exercises with solutions make the text suitable for advanced courses or individual study. This completely updated revised new edition contains an enlarged chapter on quantum chromodynamics and a widely updated chapter on neutrino physics.

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Author:   Florian Scheck
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
Edition:   3rd ed. 2012
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.885kg
ISBN:  

9783642202407

ISBN 10:   3642202403
Pages:   424
Publication Date:   22 October 2011
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Fermion Fields and their Properties.- Electromagnetic Processes and Interactions.- Weak Interactions and the Standard Model of Strong and Electroweak Interactions.- Beyond the Minimal Standard Model.- Scattering of Strongly Interacting Particles on Nuclei.- Hadronic Atoms.- Quantum Chromodynamics.- Neutrino Physics.- Appendix A. Lorentz Invariant Distributions.- Appendix B. S-Matrix, Cross Sections, Decay Probabilities.- Appendix C1. Some Feynman Rules for Quantum Electrodynamics of Spin-1/2 Particles f+-.- Appendix C2. Traces. Appendix D. The Group SU(3).- Appendix E. Dirac Equation with Central Fields.- Books, Monographs and General Reviews of Data.- Exercises: Further Hints and Selected Solutions.

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I very much enjoyed reading this book because great care has gone into its preparation ... The author has achieved a good balance between the presentation of mathematical material and its use in the description of physical phenomena. (Physics Today)

"""I very much enjoyed reading this book because great care has gone into its preparation ... The author has achieved a good balance between the presentation of mathematical material and its use in the description of physical phenomena."" (Physics Today)"

Author Information

Professor Scheck, University Mainz. Professor emeritus since 2005. Principal field of activity: Theoretical particle physics.

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