An Introduction to the Standard Model of Particle Physics for the Non-Specialist

Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Science, Physics, Nuclear Physics, Quantum Theory
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Author: Gerald E Marsh ISBN: 9789813232600
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company Publication: October 6, 2017
Imprint: WSPC Language: English
Author: Gerald E Marsh
ISBN: 9789813232600
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
Publication: October 6, 2017
Imprint: WSPC
Language: English

This book takes the reader from some elementary ideas about groups to the essence of the Standard Model of particle physics along a relatively straight and intuitive path. Groups alone are first used to arrive at a classical analog of the Dirac equation. Using elementary quantum mechanics, this analog can be turned into the actual Dirac equation, which governs the motion of the quarks and leptons of the Standard Model. After an introduction to the gauge principle, the groups introduced in the beginning of the book are used to give an introduction to the Standard Model. The idea is to give an Olympian view of this evolution, one that is often missing when absorbing the detailed subject matter of the Standard Model as presented in an historical approach to the subject.

Contents:

  • Preface
  • Groups
  • A Semblance of the Dirac Equation From Groups
  • Minimalist Quantum Mechanics
  • Gauge Principle
  • Standard Model Beginnings
  • Particles of the Standard Model and QCD
  • Appendix A: The Particle Enigma
  • Appendix B: Spinor Representations of the Lorentz Group
  • Appendix C: The Schwinger Term
  • Appendix D: The Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation
  • A Few Reference Books
  • Index

Readership: Undergraduate students and academics interested in the Standard Model.
Key Features:

  • Presents the Standard Model not only using an historical approach, but also with some philosophical aspects, discussing some recent research on the nature of a "particle"
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This book takes the reader from some elementary ideas about groups to the essence of the Standard Model of particle physics along a relatively straight and intuitive path. Groups alone are first used to arrive at a classical analog of the Dirac equation. Using elementary quantum mechanics, this analog can be turned into the actual Dirac equation, which governs the motion of the quarks and leptons of the Standard Model. After an introduction to the gauge principle, the groups introduced in the beginning of the book are used to give an introduction to the Standard Model. The idea is to give an Olympian view of this evolution, one that is often missing when absorbing the detailed subject matter of the Standard Model as presented in an historical approach to the subject.

Contents:

Readership: Undergraduate students and academics interested in the Standard Model.
Key Features:

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