ABSTRACT

Helping readers understand the complicated laws of nature, Advanced Particle Physics Volume I: Particles, Fields, and Quantum Electrodynamics explains the calculations, experimental procedures, and measuring methods of particle physics. It also describes modern physics devices, including accelerators, elementary particle detectors, and neutrino tel

part I|2 pages

Mathematical Prelude

chapter 1|6 pages

Relativistic invariance

chapter 2|12 pages

Three-dimensional world

chapter 3|16 pages

The four-dimensional Minkowski space

chapter 4|16 pages

Lagrangian formulation of field theory

chapter 5|12 pages

Discrete symmetry operations

chapter |4 pages

Problems

chapter |2 pages

References

part II|2 pages

Birds’s-Eye View on the Microworld

chapter 6|28 pages

Fundamental interactions

chapter 7|12 pages

Atoms–Nuclei–Nucleons

chapter 8|12 pages

From muon to gluon

chapter 9|42 pages

Hadron families

chapter 10|52 pages

Quark “atoms”

chapter 13|18 pages

Technical equipment of particle physics

chapter |6 pages

Problems

chapter |4 pages

References

part III|2 pages

Quantum Idyll—Free Fields

chapter 14|34 pages

Scalar field

chapter 15|62 pages

Particles with spin 1/2

chapter 16|12 pages

Massive vector field

chapter 17|20 pages

Electromagnetic field

chapter |4 pages

Problems

chapter |2 pages

References

part IV|2 pages

Quantum Electrodynamics

chapter 18|54 pages

S-matrix

chapter 19|34 pages

Transmission of γ-radiation through matter

chapter 20|30 pages

Scattering of electrons and positrons

chapter 21|58 pages

Radiative corrections

chapter 22|36 pages

Renormalization theory

chapter |4 pages

Problems