Gordon KaneCambridge University PressEdition: 2, 2/9/2017EAN 9781107165083, ISBN10: 1107165083Hardcover, 240 pages, 25.2 x 19.3 x 1.4 cmLanguage: EnglishThis book is written for students and scientists wanting to learn about the Standard Model of particle physics. Only an introductory course knowledge about quantum theory is needed. The text provides a pedagogical description of the theory, and incorporates the recent Higgs boson and top quark discoveries. With its clear and engaging style, this new edition retains its essential simplicity. Long and detailed calculations are replaced by simple approximate ones. It includes introductions to accelerators, colliders, and detectors, and several main experimental tests of the Standard Model are explained. Descriptions of some well-motivated extensions of the Standard Model prepare the reader for new developments. It emphasizes the concepts of gauge theories and Higgs physics, electroweak unification and symmetry breaking, and how force strengths vary with energy, providing a solid foundation for those working in the field, and for those who simply want to learn about the Standard Model.1. Introduction2. Relativistic notation, Lagrangians, and interactions3. Gauge invariance4. Non-abelian gauge theories5. Dirac notation for spin6. The Standard Model Lagrangian7. The electroweak theory and quantum chromodynamics8. Masses and the Higgs mechanism9. Cross sections, decay widths, and lifetimesW and Z decays10. Production and properties of W± and Zᴼ11. Measurement of electroweak and QCD parametersthe muon lifetime12. Accelerators - present and future13. Experiments and detectors14. Low energy and non-accelerator experiments15. Observation of the Higgs boson at the CERN LHCis it the Higgs boson?16. Colliders and tests of the Standard Modelparticles are pointlike17. Quarks and gluons, confinement and jets18. Hadrons, heavy quarks, and strong isospin invariance19. Coupling strengths depend on momentum transfer and on virtual particles20. Quark (and lepton) mixing angles21. CP violation22. Overview of physics beyond the Standard Model23. Grand unification24. Neutrino masses25. Dark matter26. Supersymmetry.
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