Introduction to Elementary Particles, 2nd revised edition

✍ Scribed by David J. Griffiths

• Publisher: Wiley-VCH
• Year: 2008
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 473
• Edition: 2
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

In the second, revised edition of a well-established textbook, the author strikes a balance between quantitative rigor and intuitive understanding, using a lively, informal style. The first chapter provides a detailed historical introduction to the subject, while subsequent chapters offer a quantitative presentation of the Standard Model. A simplified introduction to the Feynman rules, based on a "toy" model, helps readers learn the calculational techniques without the complications of spin. It is followed by accessible treatments of quantum electrodynamics, the strong and weak interactions, and gauge theories. New chapters address neutrino oscillations and prospects for physics beyond the Standard Model. The book contains a number of worked examples and many end-of-chapter problems. A complete solution manual is available for instructors.

✦ Table of Contents

Front cover
Contents
Preface to the First Edition
Preface to the Second Edition
Formulas and Constants, Particle Data
Introduction
1. Historical Introduction to the Elementary Particles
2. Elementary Particle Dynamics
3. Relativistic Kinematics
4. Symmetries
5. Bound States
6. The Feynman Calculus
7. Quantum Electrodynamics
8. Electrodynamics and Chromodynamics of Quarks
9. Weak Interactions
10. Gauge Theories
11. Neutrino Oscillations
12. Afterword: What's Next?
Appendix A. The Dirac Delta Function
Appendix B. Decay Rates and Cross Sections
Appendix C. Pauli and Dirac Matrices
Appendix D. Feynman Rules (Tree Level)
Index
Back cover