內容簡介
粒子物理概念《粒子物理概念(第3版)(英文)》主要內容簡介：Thelastthirtyyearshaveseenanenormousadvanceinourunderstandingofthemicroscopicworld.Wenowhaveaconvincingpictureofthefundamentalstruc-tureofobservablematterintermsofcertainpoint-likeelementaryparticles.Wealsohaveacomprehensivetheorydescribingthebehaviourofandtheforcesbetweentheseelementaryparticles,whichwebelieveprovidesacompleteandcorrectdescriptionofnearlyallnon-gravitationalphysics.Matter,soitseems,consistsofjusttwotypesofelementaryparticles:quarksandleptons.Thesearethefundamentalbuildingblocksofthematerialworld,outofwhichweourselvesaremade.Thetheorydescrib-ingthemicroscopicbehaviouroftheseparticleshas,overthepastdecadeorso,becomeknownasthe'StandardModel',providingasitdoesanaccurateaccountoftheforceofelectromagnetism,theweaknuclearforce（responsibleforradioactivedecay）,andthestrongnuclearforce（whichholdsatomicnucleitogether）.TheStandardModelhasbeenremarkablysuccessful;upuntilayearortwoagoallexperimentaltestshaveverifiedthedetailedpredictionsofthetheory.TheStandardModelisbasedontheprincipleof'gaugesymmetry',whichassertsthatthepropertiesandinteractionsofelementaryparticlesaregovernedbycertainfundamentalsymmetriesrelatedtofamiliarconservationlaws.
作者簡介
作者：(英國)考夫蘭(GuyD.Coughlan)(英國)JamesE.Dodd(英國)BenM.Gripaios
目錄
Preface
Part 1 Introduction
1 Matter and light
2 Special relativity
3 Quantum mechanics
4 Relativistic quantum theory
Part 2 Basic particle physics
5 The fundamental forces
6 Symmetry in the microworld
7 Mesons
8 Strange particles
Part 3 Strong interaction physics
9 Resonance particles
10 SU（3） and quarks
Part 4 Weak interaction physics I
11 The violation of parity
12 Fermi's theory of the weak interactions
13 Two neutrinos
14 Neutral kaons and CP violation
Part 5 Weak interaction physics II
15 The current-current theory of the weak interactions
16 An example leptonic process:electron-neutrino scattering
17 The weak interactions of hadrons
18 The W boson
Part 6 Gauge theory of the weak interactions
19 Motivation for the theory
20 Gauge theory
21 Spontaneous symmetry breaking
22 The Glashow-Weinberg-Salam model
23 Consequences of the model
24 The hunt for the W, Z0 bosons
Part 7 Deep inelastic scattering
25 Deep inelastic processes
26 Electron-nucleon scattering
27 The deep inelastic microscope
28 Neutrino-nucleon scattering
29 The quark model of the structure functions
Part 8 Quantum chromodynamics-the theory of quarks
30 Coloured quarks
31 Colour gauge theory
32 Asymptotic freedom
33 Quark confinement
Part 9 Electron-positron collisions
34 Probing the vacuum
35 Quarks and charm
36 Another generation
Part 10 The Standard Model and beyond
37 The Standard Model of particle physics
38 Precision tests of the Standard Model
39 Flavour mixing and CP violation revisited
40 The hunt for the Higgs boson
41 Neutrino masses and mixing
42 Is there physics beyond the Standard Model？
43 Grand unification
44 Supersymmetry
45 Particle physics and cosmology
46 Superstrings
Appendices
1 Units and constants
2 Glossary
3 List of symbols
4 Bibliography
5 Elementary particle data
Name index
Subject index
