The Standard Model: A Primer
Cambridge University Press, 12/7/2006
EAN 9780521860369, ISBN10: 0521860369
Hardcover, 558 pages, 25.4 x 18 x 3 cm
Language: English
This book was first published in 2006. The standard model brings together two theories of particle physics in order to describe the interactions of subatomic particles, except those due to gravity. This book uses the standard model as a vehicle for introducing quantum field theory. In doing this the book also introduces much of the phenomenology on which this model is based. The book uses a modern approach, emphasizing effective field theory techniques, and contains brief discussions of some of the main proposals for going beyond the standard model, such as seesaw neutrino masses, supersymmetry, and grand unification. Requiring only a minimum of background material, this book is ideal for graduate students in theoretical and experimental particle physics. It concentrates on getting students to the level of being able to use this theory by doing real calculations with the minimum of formal development, and contains several problems.
List of illustrations
List of tables
Preface
Acknowledgments
Part I. Theoretical Framework
1. Field theory review
2. The standard model
general features
3. Cross sections and lifetimes
Part II. Applications
Leptons
4. Elementary boson decays
5. Leptonic weak interactions
decays
6. Leptonic weak interactions
collisions
7. Effective Lagrangians
Part III. Applications
Hadrons
8. Hadrons and QCD
9. Hadronic interactions
Part IV. Beyond the Standard Model
10. Neutrino masses
11. Open questions, proposed solutions
Appendix A. Experimental values for the parameters
Appendix B. Symmetries and group theory review
Appendix C. Lorentz group and the Dirac algebra
Appendix D. ξ-gauge Feynman rules
Appendix E. Metric convention conversion table
Select bibliography
Index.
'... many relevant problems at the end of each chapter.' Zentralblatt MATH