1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910453322103321

Autore

Moffat John W

Titolo

Cracking the particle code of the universe : the hunt for the Higgs boson / / John W. Moffat

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , [2014]

©2014

ISBN

0-19-991553-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (257 p.)

Disciplina

539.7/21

Soggetti

Higgs bosons

Particles (Nuclear physics)

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Prelude : CERN, April 2008 -- What is everything made of? -- Detecting subatomic particles -- Group theory and gauge invariance -- Looking for something new at the LHC -- The Higgs particle/field and weak interactions -- Data that go bump in the night -- Trying to identify the 125 GeV bump -- Electroweak gauge theories -- The discovery of a new boson : is it the Higgs or not? -- Do we live in a naturally tuned universe? -- The last word until 2016 -- Glossary.

Sommario/riassunto

Among the current books that celebrate the discovery of the Higgs boson, Cracking the Particle Code of the Universe is a rare objective treatment of the subject. The book is an insider's behind-the-scenes look at the arcane, fascinating world of theoretical and experimental particle physics leading up to the recent discovery of a new boson. If the new boson is indeed the Higgs particle, its discovery represents an important milestone in the history of particle physics. However, despite the pressure to award Nobel Prizes to physicists associated with the Higgs boson, John Moffat argues that the



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910707927603321

Autore

Nguyen Hung D.

Titolo

An overview of air-breathing propulsion efforts for 2015 SBIR phase I / / Hung D. Nguyen and Gynelle C. Steele

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cleveland, Ohio : , : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Glenn Research Center, , October 2016

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (iii, 24 pages) : color illustrations

Collana

NASA/TM ; ; 2016-219397

Soggetti

Air breathing engines

Hybrid propulsion

Lifting rotors

Magnetohydrodynamic flow

Nanocomposites

Propulsion system configurations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"October 2016."