Facts and Mysteries in Elementary Particle Physics.

Veltman, Martinus -

ISBN 10: 981238149X / ISBN 13: 9789812381491

Published by New Jersey/London: World Scientific, 2003

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Formateinband: Broschierte Ausgabe VIII, 340 S. (23 cm) Paperback; 1st Edition; Namenseintrag auf Vorsatzblatt; sonst in gutem Zustand. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 800 [Stichwörter: Elementarteilchenphysik, Elementarteilchen / The Standrd Model,Quantum mechanics. Mixing, Energy, momentum and mass-shell, Detection, Accelerators and storage rings, The CERN neutrino experiment, The particle zoo, Particle theory, Finding the higgs, Quantum chromodynamics]. Seller Inventory # 51460

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Title: Facts and Mysteries in Elementary Particle ...

Publisher: New Jersey/London: World Scientific

Publication Date: 2003

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Gut

Edition: 1st Edition

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Synopsis:

This book provides a comprehensive overview of modern particle physics accessible to anyone with a true passion for wanting to know how the universe works. We are introduced to the known particles of the world we live in. An elegant explanation of quantum mechanics and relativity paves the way for an understanding of the laws that govern particle physics. These laws are put into action in the world of accelerators, colliders and detectors found at institutions such as CERN and Fermilab that are in the forefront of technical innovation. Real world and theory meet using Feynman diagrams to solve the problems of infinities and deduce the need for the Higgs boson.Facts and Mysteries in Elementary Particle Physics offers an incredible insight from an eyewitness and participant in some of the greatest discoveries in 20th century science. From Einstein's theory of relativity to the elusive Higgs particle, this book will fascinate and educate anyone interested in the world of quarks, leptons and gauge theories.This book also contains many thumbnail sketches of particle physics personalities, including contemporaries as seen through the eyes of the author. Illustrated with pictures, these candid sketches present rare, perceptive views of the characters that populate the field.The Chapter on Particle Theory, in a pre-publication, was termed “superbly lucid” by David Miller in Nature (Vol. 396, 17 Dec. 1998, p. 642).

About the Author:

Martinus Veltman, born in 1931 in Waalwijk, the Netherlands, studied at the University of Utrecht. He started as a fellow at CERN, Geneva, Switzerland, and later became Professor of Theoretical Physics in Utrecht. Together with his then student 't Hooft he developed the mathematical implementation of gauge theories. In 1977 he deduced an equation that allowed a prediction of the mass of the top quark. In 1981 he accepted a position at the University of Michigan. After retirement he moved back to the Netherlands. The top quark with a mass as predicted was found at Fermilab in 1995, and in 1999 't Hooft and Veltman were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics, "for elucidating the quantum structure of electroweak interactions in physics".