PERSPECTIVES ON HIGGS PHYSICS: 13 (ADVANCED SERIES ON DIRECTIONS IN HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9810212410 ISBN 13: 9789810212414

Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd, 1993

Synopsis

The masses of fermions and gauge bosons enter the Standard Model through the Higgs mechanism, which is satisfactory technically but is not understood physically. We do not know what nature really does to give mass to particles, nor what experimental clues will lead us to nature's solution. Understanding Higgs physics is necessary in order to complete the Standard Model, and to learn how to extend it and improve its foundations.This book is a collection of current work and thinking about these questions by active workers. It speculates about what form the answers will take, as well as updates and extends previous books and reviews. Some chapters emphasize theoretical questions, some focus on connections with other areas of physics, and some discuss how we can get the data to uncover nature's solution.

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Review

"... this is an excellent book. It should be in the collection of every particle physicist, as well as in every major research library." Jonathan A Bagger Science (USA), 1993

Synopsis

Understanding Higgs physics is necessary to complete the standard model, and to learn how to extend it and improve its foundations. This book brings together current work in the field. Some chapters emphasize theoretical questions, and some connections to other areas of physics.

Edition details

• Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
• Publication date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9810212410
• ISBN 13: 9789810212414
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 488
• Editor: Kane Gordon