An Introduction to the Standard Model of Particle Physics

By W.N. CottinghamD A GreenwoodDerek A. Greenwood, et al.

Book Overview

The second edition of this introductory graduate textbook provides a concise but accessible introduction to the Standard Model. It has been updated to account for the successes of the theory of strong interactions, and the observations on matter-antimatter asymmetry. It has become clear that neutrinos are not mass-less, and this book gives a coherent presentation of the phenomena and the theory that describes them. It includes an account of progress in the theory of strong interactions and of advances in neutrino physics. The book clearly develops the theoretical concepts from the electromagnetic and weak interactions of leptons and quarks to the strong interactions of quarks. Each chapter ends with problems, and hints to selected problems are provided at the end of the book. The mathematical treatments are suitable for graduates in physics, and more sophisticated mathematical ideas are developed in the text and appendices. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521588324
• ISBN13: 9780521588324
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.9" x 9.7"

Customer Reviews

Review for An Intoduction to the Standard Model of Particle Physics

According to my opinion this book is well written and well organized and also quite short so that you are not lost in details.

Updated New Edition

In this second edition the authors have upgraded their book to incorporate recent discoveries in several areas including: o the successes of the theory of strong interactions o the observations on matter-antimatter asymmetry o advances in neutrino physics, especially as it has become clear that neutrinos are not mass-less o the theoretical concepts from the electromagnetic and weak interactions of leptons and quarks to...

workout with the Standard Model lagrangian

This book is about the experimental facts and the theoretical principles that lead to the construction of the Standard Model lagrangian. It is NOT about calculating scattering crossections. Some of the problems ask you to calculate decay rates but only at tree level and the fields are treated like classical fields not operators, with the exception that the fermionic fields anticommute. There is a 12-page chapter on quantizing...

Excellent Introduction to Particle Physics

This book is an excellent introduction to particle physics. The chapters are short, clear and very readable. As the previous reviewer mentioned, there are a series of reasonable exercises at the end of each chapter with answers provided in the back of the book. Many concepts that field theory or particle physics books leave mysterious or have a difficult time explaining are clearly laid out in this book. I would judge it superior...

An excellent introduction to particle physics

This is indeed an excellent book in particle physics. It will serve as a good introduction to gauge fields of particle physics.The book is very readable and does not assume more than undergraduate physics. Each chapter ends with a set of problems with solution at the end of the book. It contains a lot of material which can be learned in a short time. I strongly recommend it for a beginner.