Gauge Theory of Elementary Particle Physics

Ta-Pei Cheng and Ling-Fong Li

ISBN 10: 0198519567 / ISBN 13: 9780198519560

Published by Oxford University Press, New York, NY, 1984

About this Item

First Edition (1984) , unstated in accordance with Oxford University Press's customary practice at the time of publication. No subsequent printings listed. Very Good: The Book shows mild shelving wear to the lower extremities and just a hint of rubbing to the panels; a one-inch area at the top of the front panel has been mildly nudged; a small, very faint smudge to the fore-edge; several pages in the Index have been lightly nudged right at the upper corner tip causing a crease at the corner tip; the binding is slightly cocked off square but remains secure; the text is clean. Free of any underlining, hi-lighting or marginalia or marks in the text. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. A carefully-used copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing mild wear and minor, unobtrusive imperfections. Lacks DJ, if indeed it ever possessed one . NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. Small 4to (9.5 x 6.35 x 1.4 inches) . Appendices. Bibliography. Index. Language: English. Weight: 32.5 ounces. Classic Oxford dark blue cloth over boards with gilt titles and logo at the front panel and backstrip. Hardcover: Lacks DJ. This is a practical introduction to the principal ideas in gauge theory and their applications to elementary particle physics, explaining technique and methodology with simple exposition backed up by many illustrative examples. Derivations, some of well known results, are presented in sufficient detail to make the text accessible to readers entering the field for the first time. The book focuses on the strong interaction theory of quantum chromodynamics and the electroweak interaction theory of Glashow, Weinberg, and Salam, as well as the grand unification theory, exemplified by the simplest SU(5) model. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; xi, 536 pages.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Gauge Theory of Elementary Particle Physics
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, New York, NY
• Publication Date: 1984
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0198519567
• ISBN 13: 9780198519560
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition; First Printing.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket

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Synopsis

The techniques and methodology are dealt with by simple exposition backed up by many illustrative examples. Derivations, some of the well-known results, are presented in sufficient detail to make the text more accessible to the reader approaching the field for the first time.

Review

The reader will find a concise review of diagrammatic pertubation theory, path-integral quantization, group theory, and renormalization theory. The more advanced concepts - gauge symmetry, chiral symmetry breaking, the Higgs mechanism, asymptotic freedom and the renormalization group - are treated in greater detail. The exposition of these subjects is judiciously combined with applications to the standard theory in a way that brings life to what otherwise might be dull formalism. [...] it will remain, for a long time to come, an excellent introduction to the comprehensive gauge theory of the electroweak and strong interactions. (David Goss, Physics Today)