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Author Cahn, Robert N

Title The experimental foundations of particle physics / Robert N. Cahn and Gerson Goldhaber
Edition 2nd ed
Published Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 553 pages) : illustrations
Contents The atom completed and a new particle -- The muon and the pion -- Strangeness -- Antibaryons -- The resonances -- Weak interactions -- The neutral kaon system -- The structure of the nucleon -- The J/[psi], the [tau], and charm -- Quarks, gluons, and jets -- The fifth quark -- From neutral currents to weak vector bosons -- Testing the standard model -- The top quark -- Mixing and CP violation in heavy quark mesons -- Neutrino masses and oscillations
Summary Our current understanding of elementary particles and their interactions emerged from break-through experiments. This book presents these experiments, beginning with the discoveries of the neutron and positron, and following them through mesons, strange particles, antiparticles, and quarks and gluons. This second edition contains new chapters on the W and Z bosons, the top quark, B-meson mixing and CP violation, and neutrino oscillations. This book provides an insight into particle physics for researchers, advanced undergraduate and graduate students. Throughout the book, the fundamental equations required to understand the experiments are derived clearly and simply. Each chapter is accompanied by reprinted articles and a collection of problems with a broad range of difficulty
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Particles (Nuclear physics)
particle physics.
SCIENCE -- Physics -- Nuclear.
SCIENCE -- Physics -- Atomic & Molecular.
Particles (Nuclear physics)
Quelle
Elementarteilchenphysik
Hochenergiephysik
Partikelfysik.
Form Electronic book
Author Goldhaber, Gerson
ISBN 9780511651465
0511651465
9780521521475
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9780511609923
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0511592655
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