Particle Physics

4. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-1-118-91190-7
Verlag: Wiley

Buch, Englisch, 496 Seiten, Format (B × H): 191 mm x 249 mm, Gewicht: 1179 g

Reihe: The Manchester Physics Series

An accessible and carefully structured introduction to Particle Physics, including important coverage of the Higgs Boson and recent progress in neutrino physics.
- Fourth edition of this successful title in the Manchester Physics series
- Includes information on recent key discoveries including: An account of the discovery of exotic hadrons, byond the simple quark model; Expanded treatments of neutrino physics and CP violation in B-decays; An updated account of ‘physics beyond the standard model’, including the interaction of particle physics with cosmology
- Additional problems in all chapters, with solutions to selected problems available on the book’s website
- Advanced material appears in optional starred sections

Autoren/Hrsg.

Martin, Brian R.

Shaw, Graham

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Physik Quantenphysik Teilchenphysik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Editors’ preface to the Manchester Physics Series xiii

Authors’ preface xv

Suggested Short Course xvii

Notes xix

Physical Constants, Conversion Factors and Natural Units xxi

1 Some basic concepts 1

1.1 Introduction 1

1.2 Antiparticles 3

1.2.1 Relativistic wave equations 3

1.2.2 Hole theory and the positron 6

1.3 Interactions and Feynman diagrams 9

1.3.1 Basic electromagnetic processes 10

1.3.2 Real processes 11

1.3.3 Electron–positron pair production and annihilation 13

1.3.4 Other processes 15

1.4 Particle exchange 15

1.4.1 Range of forces 15

1.4.2 The Yukawa potential 17

1.4.3 The zero-range approximation 18

1.5 Units and dimensions 19

Problems 1 22

2 Leptons and the weak interaction 24

2.1 Lepton multiplets and lepton numbers 24

2.1.1 Electron neutrinos 25

2.1.2 Further generations 28

2.2 Leptonic weak interactions 31

2.2.1 W± and Z0 exchange 31

2.2.2 Lepton decays and universality 33

2.3 Neutrino masses and neutrino mixing 35

2.3.1 Neutrino mixing 35

2.3.2 Neutrino oscillations 38

2.3.3 Neutrino masses 46

2.3.4 Lepton numbers revisited 48

Problems 2 50

3 Quarks and hadrons 52

3.1 Quarks 53

3.2 General properties of hadrons 55

3.3 Pions and nucleons 58

3.4 Strange particles, charm and bottom 61

3.5 Short-lived hadrons 66

3.6 Allowed and exotic quantum numbers 72

Problems 3 75

4 Experimental methods 77

4.1 Overview 77

4.2 Accelerators and beams 79

4.2.1 Linear accelerators 80

4.2.2 Cyclic accelerators 81

4.2.3 Fixed-target machines and colliders 83

4.2.4 Neutral and unstable particle beams 85

4.3 Particle interactions with matter 86

4.3.1 Short-range interactions with nuclei 86

4.3.2 Ionisation

Über Autor(innen)

Professor Brian R Martin, Emeritus, Department of Physics & Astronomy, University College London, UK
Brian Martin was a full-time member of staff of the Department of Physics & Astronomy at UCL from 1968 to 1995, including a decade from 1994 to 2004 as Head of the Department. He retired in 2005 and now holds the title of Emeritus Professor of Physics. He has extensive experience of teaching undergraduate mathematics classes at all levels and experience of other universities via external examining for first degrees at Imperial College and Royal Holloway College London. He was also the external member of the General Board of the Department of Physics at Cambridge University that reviewed the whole academic programme of that department, including teaching.

Dr Graham Shaw, School of Physics & Astronomy, The University of Manchester, UK
Graham Shaw (http://www.hep.man.ac.uk/u/graham/) was a full-time member of staff of the School of Physics & Astronomy at Manchester University until September 2009. He continued to teach part-time until September 2012 and currently holds an honorary position in the department. He has extensive experience of teaching undergraduate physics and the associated mathematics and was a member of the school's Teaching Committee and Course Director of the Honours School of Mathematics and Physics for many years.