Introduction to Elementary Particle Physics
3rd edition
Alessandro Bettini, Università degli Studi di Padova, Italy
Publication date
Digital expected publication date: 08 November 2024
Physical publication date: 27 June 2024
The third edition of this successful textbook has been redesigned to
reflect the progress of the field in the last decade, including the latest
studies of the Higgs boson, quark–gluon plasma, progress in flavour
and neutrino physics and the discovery of gravitational waves. It
provides undergraduate students with complete coverage of the basic
elements of the Standard Model of particle physics, assuming only
introductory courses in nuclear physics, special relativity and quantum
mechanics. Examples of fundamental experiments are highlighted
before discussions of the theory, giving students an appreciation of
how experiment and theory interplay in the development of physics.
The author examines leptons, hadrons and quarks, before presenting
Find out more
the dynamics and the surprising properties of the charges of the
different forces, concluding with a discussion on neutrino properties beyond the Standard Model.
This title is also available as open access on Higher Education from Cambridge University Press.
Key features
By showing experiments before discussing the theories that they inspired, the author
emphasizes the physics, allowing students to understand the material without wading through
complex mathematics
The stories of crucial discoveries are covered briefly, helping students to understand and
appreciate the subject's development
260 numerical problems are presented to help students connect theory with practice with
solutions for some of them; full solutions are available to instructors
This textbook is available as a Gold Open Access publication via the Cambridge website
Resources
There are 21 Instructor restricted resources available for this book. Go to the resources page
About the book
Subjects: Mathematical Physics, Particle Physics and Quantum Field Theory, Physics and
Astronomy
Format: Hardback , Price: £49.99
This flyer was generated on 25 October 2024 and 05:08 and the information may have
changed
Publication date: 27 June 2024, ISBN: 9781009440738
Format: Digital
Expected publication date: 08 November 2024, ISBN: 9781009440745
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgements
1. Preliminary notions
2. Nucleons, leptons and mesons
3. Symmetries
4. Hadrons
5. Quantum electrodynamics
6. Chromodynamics
7. Weak interactions
8. Oscillations and CP violation in quarks
9. The Standard Model
10. Neutrinos
11. Gravitational waves
Epilogue
Appendices
Solutions
References
Index.
This flyer was generated on 25 October 2024 and 05:08 and the information may have
changed
