{"product_id":"particle-physics-isbn-9781118912164","title":"Particle Physics","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn accessible and carefully structured introduction to Particle Physics, including important coverage of the Higgs Boson and recent progress in neutrino physics.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eFourth edition of this successful title in the Manchester Physics series\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes information on recent key discoveries including: An account of the discovery of exotic hadrons, byond the simple quark model; Expanded treatments of neutrino physics and CP violation in \u003ci\u003eB\u003c\/i\u003e-decays; An updated account of ‘physics beyond the standard model’, including the interaction of particle physics with cosmology\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAdditional problems in all chapters, with solutions to selected problems available on the book’s website\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAdvanced material appears in optional starred sections\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eEditors’ preface to the Manchester Physics Series xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAuthors’ preface xv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSuggested Short Course xvii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes xix\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePhysical Constants, Conversion Factors and Natural Units xxi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 Some basic concepts 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.1 Introduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.2 Antiparticles 3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.3 Interactions and Feynman diagrams 9\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.4 Particle exchange 15\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.5 Units and dimensions 19\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProblems 1 22\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 Leptons and the weak interaction 24\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.1 Lepton multiplets and lepton numbers 24\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2 Leptonic weak interactions 31\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.3 Neutrino masses and neutrino mixing 35\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProblems 2 50\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 Quarks and hadrons 52\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.1 Quarks 53\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.2 General properties of hadrons 55\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.3 Pions and nucleons 58\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.4 Strange particles, charm and bottom 61\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.5 Short-lived hadrons 66\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.6 Allowed and exotic quantum numbers 72\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProblems 3 75\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 Experimental methods 77\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.1 Overview 77\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.2 Accelerators and beams 79\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.3 Particle interactions with matter 86\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.4 Particle detectors 95\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.5 Detector systems and accelerator experiments 112\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.6 Non-accelerator experiments 121\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProblems 4 123\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 Space–time symmetries 126\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.1 Translational invariance 127\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.2 Rotational invariance 129\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.3 Parity 135\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.4 Charge conjugation 142\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.5 Positronium 145\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.6 Time reversal 149\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProblems 5 153\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 The quark model 155\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.1 Isospin symmetry 156\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.2 The lightest hadrons 162\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.3 The \u003ci\u003eL\u003c\/i\u003e = 0 heavy quark states 174\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.4 Colour 177\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.5 Charmonium and bottomonium 184\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProblems 6 191\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7 QCD, jets and gluons 193\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.1 Quantum chromodynamics 193\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.2 Electron–positron annihilation 210\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProblems 7 215\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8 Quarks and partons 217\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.1 Elastic electron scattering: the size of the proton 217\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.2 Inelastic electron and muon scattering 222\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.3 Inelastic neutrino scattering 231\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.4 Other processes 236\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.5 Current and constituent quarks 243\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProblems 8 246\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e9 Weak interactions: quarks and leptons 248\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.1 Charged current reactions 250\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.2 The third generation 262\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProblems 9 274\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e10 Weak interactions: electroweak unification 276\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.1 Neutral currents and the unified theory 277\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.2 Gauge invariance and the Higgs boson 287\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProblems 10 305\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e11 Discrete symmetries: \u003ci\u003eC, P, CP \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eCPT\u003c\/i\u003e 308\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.1 \u003ci\u003eP\u003c\/i\u003e violation, \u003ci\u003eC\u003c\/i\u003e violation and \u003ci\u003eCP\u003c\/i\u003e conservation 308\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.2 \u003ci\u003eCP\u003c\/i\u003e violation and particle–antiparticle mixing 316\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.3 \u003ci\u003eCP\u003c\/i\u003e violation in the standard model 340\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProblems 11 343\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e12 Beyond the standard model 346\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.1 Grand unification 347\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.2 Supersymmetry 354\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.3 Strings and things 358\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.4 Particle physics and cosmology 360\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.5 Dirac or Majorana neutrinos? 373\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProblems 12 381\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Relativistic kinematics 383\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA.1 The Lorentz transformation for energy and momentum 383\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA.2 The invariant mass 385\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA.2.1 Beam energies and thresholds 385\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA.2.2 Masses of unstable particles 387\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA.3 Transformation of the scattering angle 388\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProblems A 390\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eB Amplitudes and cross-sections 392\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eB.1 Rates and cross-sections 392\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eB.2 The total cross-section 394\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eB.3 Differential cross-sections 395\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eB.4 The scattering amplitude 397\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eB.5 The Breit–Wigner formula 400\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eB.5.1 Decay distributions 401\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eB.5.2 Resonant cross-sections 404\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProblems B 406\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eC The isospin formalism 408\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eC.1 Isospin operators 409\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eC.2 Isospin states 411\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eC.3 Isospin multiplets 411\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eC.3.1 Hadron states 412\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eC.4 Branching ratios 414\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eC.5 Spin states 416\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProblems C 416\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eD Gauge theories 418\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eD.1 Electromagnetic interactions 419\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eD.2 Gauge transformations 420\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eD.3 Gauge invariance and the photon mass 421\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eD.4 The gauge principle 423\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eD.5 The Higgs mechanism 425\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eD.5.1 Charge and current densities 425\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eD.5.2 Spin-0 bosons 427\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eD.5.3 Spontaneous symmetry breaking 428\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eD.6 Quantum chromodynamics 429\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eD.7 Electroweak interactions 434\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eD.7.1 Weak isospin 434\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eD.7.2 Gauge invariance and charged currents 436\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eD.7.3 The unification condition 437\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eD.7.4 Spin structure and parity violation 440\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProblems D 441\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eE Answers to selected questions 443\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 448\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 451\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eProfessor Brian R Martin, Emeritus, Department of Physics \u0026amp; Astronomy, University College London, UK\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrian Martin\u003c\/b\u003e was a full-time member of staff of the Department of Physics \u0026amp; Astronomy at UCL from 1968 to 1995, including a decade from 1994 to 2004 as Head of the Department. He retired in 2005 and now holds the title of Emeritus Professor of Physics. He has extensive experience of teaching undergraduate mathematics classes at all levels and experience of other universities via external examining for first degrees at Imperial College and Royal Holloway College London. He was also the external member of the General Board of the Department of Physics at Cambridge University that reviewed the whole academic programme of that department, including teaching.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDr Graham Shaw, School of Physics \u0026amp; Astronomy, The University of Manchester, UK\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGraham Shaw\u003c\/b\u003e (http:\/\/www.hep.man.ac.uk\/u\/graham\/) was a full-time member of staff of the School of Physics \u0026amp; Astronomy at Manchester University until September 2009. He continued to teach part-time until September 2012 and currently holds an honorary position in the department. He has extensive experience of teaching undergraduate physics and the associated mathematics and was a member of the school's Teaching Committee and Course Director of the Honours School of Mathematics and Physics for many years.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989751906533,"sku":"NP9781118912164","price":56.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781118912164.jpg?v=1761785352","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/particle-physics-isbn-9781118912164","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}