Particle Physics by Martin, B.R. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Series Title Page Copyright Dedication Suggested Short Course Editors' preface to the Manchester Physics Series Authors' preface Notes

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1: Some basic concepts

1.1 Introduction 1.2 Antiparticles 1.3 Interactions and Feynman diagrams 1.4 Particle exchange 1.5 Units and dimensions Problems 1 Notes

2: Leptons and the weak interaction

2.1 Lepton multiplets and lepton numbers 2.2 Leptonic weak interactions 2.3 Neutrino masses and neutrino mixing Problems 2 Notes

3: Quarks and hadrons

3.1 Quarks 3.2 General properties of hadrons 3.3 Pions and nucleons 3.4 Strange particles, charm and bottom 3.5 Short-lived hadrons 3.6 Allowed and exotic quantum numbers Problems 3 Notes

4: Experimental methods

4.1 Overview 4.2 Accelerators and beams 4.3 Particle interactions with matter 4.4 Particle detectors 4.5 Detector systems and accelerator experiments 4.6 Non-accelerator experiments Problems 4 Notes

5: Space–time symmetries

5.1 Translational invariance 5.2 Rotational invariance 5.3 Parity 5.4 Charge conjugation 5.5 Positronium *5.6 Time reversal Problems 5 Notes

6: The quark model

6.1 Isospin symmetry 6.2 The lightest hadrons 6.3 The L = 0 heavy quark states 6.4 Colour 6.5 Charmonium and bottomonium Problems 6 Notes

7: QCD, jets and gluons

7.1 Quantum chromodynamics 7.2 Electron–positron annihilation Problems 7 Notes

8: Quarks and partons

8.1 Elastic electron scattering: the size of the proton 8.2 Inelastic electron and muon scattering 8.3 Inelastic neutrino scattering *8.4 Other processes 8.5 Current and constituent quarks Problems 8 Notes

9: Weak interactions: quarks and leptons

9.1 Charged current reactions 9.2 The third generation Problems 9 Notes

10: Weak interactions: electroweak unification

10.1 Neutral currents and the unified theory 10.2 Gauge invariance and the Higgs boson Problems 10 Notes

11: Discrete symmetries: C, P, CP and CPT

11.1 P violation, C violation and CP conservation 11.2 CP violation and particle–antiparticle mixing 11.3 CP violation in the standard model Problems 11 Notes

*12: Beyond the standard model

12.1 Grand unification 12.2 Supersymmetry 12.3 Strings and things 12.4 Particle physics and cosmology 12.5 Dirac or Majorana neutrinos? Problems 12 Notes

A: Relativistic kinematics

A.1 The Lorentz transformation for energy and momentum A.2 The invariant mass *A.3 Transformation of the scattering angle Problems A Notes

B: Amplitudes and cross-sections

B.1 Rates and cross-sections B.2 The total cross-section B.3 Differential cross-sections *B.4 The scattering amplitude B.5 The Breit–Wigner formula Problems B Notes

*C: The isospin formalism

C.1 Isospin operators C.2 Isospin states C.3 Isospin multiplets C.4 Branching ratios C.5 Spin states Problems C Notes

*D: Gauge theories

D.1 Electromagnetic interactions D.2 Gauge transformations D.3 Gauge invariance and the photon mass D.4 The gauge principle D.5 The Higgs mechanism D.6 Quantum chromodynamics D.7 Electroweak interactions Problems D Notes

E: Answers to selected questions

Problems 1 Problems 2 Problems 3 Problems 4 Problems 5 Problems 6 Problems 7 Problems 8 Problems 9 Problems 10 Problems 11 Problems 12 Problems A Problems B Problems C Problems D

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