The Experimental Foundations of Particle Physics

Cahn, Robert N.; Goldhaber, Gerson Eds

ISBN 10: 0521424259 / ISBN 13: 9780521424257

Published by Cambridge University Press, 1991

About this Item

The book is in good condition with all pages and cover intact, including the dust jacket if originally issued. The spine may show light wear. Pages may contain some notes or highlighting, and there might be a "From the library of" label. Boxed set packaging, shrink wrap, or included media like CDs may be missing.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Experimental Foundations of Particle Physics
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521424259
• ISBN 13: 9780521424257
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: good

About this title

Synopsis

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.

Review

From reviews of the first edition: 'I believe this text to represent a major achievement in collecting, analysing and distilling for the reader, material forming an intensely exciting chapter in modern science.' D. H. Perkins, Nature