Introduction to Particle and Astroparticle Physics : Multimessenger Astronomy and its Particle Physics Foundations / / by Alessandro De Angelis, Mário Pimenta

• Autore: De Angelis Alessandro
• Pubblicazione: Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2018
• Edizione: 2nd ed. 2018.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (XXX, 733 p. 380 illus., 266 illus. in color.)
• Disciplina: 539.721
• Soggetto topico: Astrophysics; Nuclear physics; Astrophysics and Astroparticles; Particle and Nuclear Physics
• Persona (resp. second.): PimentaM (Mário)
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: Understanding the universe: particles and their interactions -- The birth and the basics of particle physics -- Cosmic rays and the development of particle physics -- Particle detection -- Particles and symmetries -- Interactions and field theories -- The Higgs mechanism and the standard model of particle physics -- The standard model of cosmology and the dark universe -- Neutrino oscillations and masses -- Messengers from the high-energy universe -- Astrobiology, and the relation of fundamental physics to life.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book introduces particle physics, astrophysics and cosmology. Starting from an experimental perspective, it provides a unified view of these fields that reflects the very rapid advances being made. This new edition has a number of improvements and has been updated to include material on the Higgs particle and to describe the recently discovered gravitational waves. Astroparticle and particle physics share a common problem: we still don’t have a description of the main ingredients of the Universe from the point of view of its energy budget. Addressing these fascinating issues, and offering a balanced introduction to particle and astroparticle physics that requires only a basic understanding of quantum and classical physics, this book is a valuable resource, particularly for advanced undergraduate students and for those embarking on graduate courses. It includes exercises that offer readers practical insights. It can be used equally well as a self-study book, a reference and a textbook. .
• Titolo autorizzato: Introduction to Particle and Astroparticle Physics
• ISBN: 3-319-78181-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910300544503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics, . 2192-4791