Symmetries and Group Theory in Particle Physics

Gianluigi Fogli

ISBN 10: 3642154816 / ISBN 13: 9783642154812

Published by Springer Berlin Heidelberg, Springer Berlin Heidelberg Feb 2012, 2012

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Neuware -Symmetries, coupled with the mathematical concept of group theory, are an essential conceptual backbone in the formulation of quantum field theories capable of describing the world of elementary particles.This primer is an introduction to and survey of the underlying concepts and structures needed in order to understand and handle these powerful tools. Specifically, in Part I of the book the symmetries and related group theoretical structures of the Minkowskian space-time manifold are analyzed, while Part II examines the internal symmetries and their related unitary groups, where the interactions between fundamental particles are encoded as we know them from the present standard model of particle physics.This book, based on several courses given by the authors, addresses advanced graduate students and non-specialist researchers wishing to enter active research in the field, and having a working knowledge of classical field theory and relativistic quantum mechanics. Numerous end-of-chapter problems and their solutions will facilitate the use of this book as self-study guide or as course book for topical lectures.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 308 pp. Englisch.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Symmetries and Group Theory in Particle Physics
• Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, Springer Berlin Heidelberg Feb 2012
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3642154816
• ISBN 13: 9783642154812
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 235W x 155H x 17D millimeters 235 millimeters width by 155 millimeters height by 17 millimeters depth
• Weight: 470 grams

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Symmetries, coupled with the mathematical concept of group theory, are an essential conceptual backbone in the formulation of quantum field theories capable of describing the world of elementary particles. This primer is an introduction to and survey of the underlying concepts and structures needed in order to understand and handle these powerful tools. Specifically, in Part I of the book the symmetries and related group theoretical structures of the Minkowskian space-time manifold are analyzed, while Part II examines the internal symmetries and their related unitary groups, where the interactions between fundamental particles are encoded as we know them from the present standard model of particle physics. This book, based on several courses given by the authors, addresses advanced graduate students and non-specialist researchers wishing to enter active research in the field, and having a working knowledge of classical field theory and relativistic quantum mechanics. Numerous end-of-chapter problems and their solutions will facilitate the use of this book as self-study guide or as course book for topical lectures.