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Record Nr.

UNISA996466741603316

Autore

De Angelis Alessandro

Titolo

Particle and astroparticle physics : problems and solutions / / Alessandro De Angelis, Mário Pimenta, Ruben Conceição

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2021]

©2021

ISBN

3-030-73116-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (327 pages)

Collana

Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics

Disciplina

539.721

Soggetti

Particles (Nuclear physics)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- 1 Understanding the Universe: Cosmology, Astrophysics, Particles, and Their Interactions -- 2 Basics of Particle Physics -- 3 Cosmic Rays and the Development  of Particle Physics -- 4 Particle Detection -- 5 Particles and Symmetries -- 6 Interactions and Field Theories -- 7 The Higgs Mechanism and the Standard Model of Particle Physics -- 8 The Standard Model of Cosmology  and the Dark Universe -- 9 The Properties of Neutrinos -- 10 Messengers from the High-Energy Universe -- 11 Astrobiology and the Relation of Fundamental Physics to Life -- Appendix A Particle Physics Exams -- A.1  Discovery of the Positron -- A.2  Observation of the Glashow Resonance at IceCube -- A.3  Investigation of the Z Boson at SLAC -- A.4  Deep Inelastic Scattering in the ZEUS Experiment -- A.5  Discovery of the J/ψ Meson -- A.6  Muon/Anti-muon Collider -- A.7  Rare Decays at the LHCb Experiment -- A.8  Neutrino-Nucleon Cross-Section  at Very-High-Energies -- A.9  Direct Observation of the Tau Neutrino -- A.10  Pion-Nucleon Cross-Section -- Appendix B Particle Physics Exams [Solutions] -- B.1  Discovery of the Positron -- B.2  Observation of the Glashow Resonance at IceCube -- B.3  Investigation of the Z Boson at SLAC -- B.4  Deep Inelastic Scattering in the ZEUS Experiment -- B.5  Discovery of the J/ψ Meson -- B.6  Muon/Anti-Muon Collider -- B.7  Rare Decays at the LHCb Experiment -- B.8  Neutrino-Nucleon Cross-Section at Very-High-Energies -- B.9  Direct Observation of the Tau Neutrino -- B.10  Pion-Nucleon Cross-Section



-- Appendix C Formulary -- C.1  Physical and Astrophysical Constants -- C.2  Particle Properties -- C.3  Periodic Table of the Elements -- C.4  Clebsch-Gordan Coefficients -- C.5  Material Properties.