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Record Nr.

UNINA9910300379403321

Autore

Kamal Anwar

Titolo

Particle Physics / / by Anwar Kamal

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014

ISBN

3-642-38661-X

Edizione

[1st ed. 2014.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XXII, 529 p. 275 illus.)

Collana

Graduate Texts in Physics, , 1868-4513

Disciplina

539.7

Soggetti

Elementary particles (Physics)

Quantum field theory

Nuclear physics

Heavy ions

Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory

Nuclear Physics, Heavy Ions, Hadrons

Particle and Nuclear Physics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Nuclear Radiation Detectors -- High Energy Accelerators -- Elementary Particles -- Conservation Laws and Invariance Principles -- Strong Interactions -- Electromagnetic Interactions -- Weak Interactions (Charmed Quark) -- Electroweak Interactions.

Sommario/riassunto

This textbook teaches particle physics very didactically. It supports learning and teaching with numerous worked examples, questions and problems with answers. Numerous tables and diagrams lead to a better understanding of the explanations. The content of the book covers all important topics of particle physics: Elementary particles are classified from the point of view of the four fundamental interactions. The nomenclature used in particle physics is explained. The discoveries and properties of known elementary particles and resonances are given. The particles considered are positrons, muon, pions, anti-protons, strange particles, neutrino and hadrons. The conservation laws governing the interactions of elementary particles are given. The concepts of parity, spin, charge conjugation, time reversal and gauge invariance are explained. The quark theory is introduced to explain the



hadron structure and strong interactions. The solar neutrino problem is considered. Weak interactions are classified into various types, and the selection rules are stated. Non-conservation of parity and the universality of the weak interactions are discussed. Neutral and charged currents, discovery of W and Z bosons and the early universe form important topics of the electroweak interactions. The principles of high energy accelerators including colliders are elaborately explained. Additionally, in the book detectors used in nuclear and particle physics are described. This book is on the upper undergraduate level.