Tristan Hubsch (Washington DC Howard University)

Advanced Concepts in Particle and Field Theory

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Uniting the usually distinct areas of particle physics and quantum field theory, gravity and general relativity, this expansive textbook describes the quest to consolidate the elementary particles that are the fundamental building blocks of nature. This 2015 title has been reissued as an Open Access publication on Cambridge Core.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Revised ed
• Seitenzahl: 580
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Januar 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 203mm x 31mm
• Gewicht: 1236g
• ISBN-13: 9781009291514
• ISBN-10: 1009291513
• Artikelnr.: 66279680

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. Preliminaries: 1. The nature of observing nature
2. Fundamental physics: elementary particles and processes
Part II. The Standard Model: 3. Physics in spacetime
4. The quark model: combinatorics and groups
5. Gauge symmetries and interactions
6. Non-abelian gauge symmetries and interactions
7. The standard model
Part III. Beyond the Standard Model: 8. Unification: the fabric of understanding nature
9. Gravity and the geometrization of physics
10. Supersymmetry: boson-fermion unification
11. Strings: unification of all foundations of reality
Part IV. Appendices: A. Groups: structure and notation
B. A lexicon
C. A few more details
References
Index.