粒子物理概念

《粒子物理概念》是一本(英國)考夫蘭(GuyD.Coughlan)等編寫，由世界圖書出版公司在2011年出版的書籍。

基本介紹

• 中文名：粒子物理概念
• 別名：an introduction for scientists third edition
• 作者：（美）考夫蘭
• 出版時間：2011年6月1日
• 出版社：世界圖書出版公司
• 頁數：254 頁
• ISBN：9787510035104
• 開本：16 開
• 裝幀：平裝

內容簡介

《粒子物理概念(第3版)(英文)》主要內容簡介：Thelastthirtyyearshaveseenanenormousadvanceinourunderstandingofthemicroscopicworld.Wenowhaveaconvincingpictureofthefundamentalstruc-tureofobservablematterintermsofcertainpoint-likeelementaryparticles.Wealsohaveacomprehensivetheorydescribingthebehaviourofandtheforcesbetweentheseelementaryparticles,whichwebelieveprovidesacompleteandcorrectdescriptionofnearlyallnon-gravitationalphysics.Matter,soitseems,consistsofjusttwotypesofelementaryparticles:quarksandleptons.Thesearethefundamentalbuildingblocksofthematerialworld,outofwhichweourselvesaremade.Thetheorydescrib-ingthemicroscopicbehaviouroftheseparticleshas,overthepastdecadeorso,becomeknownasthe'StandardModel',providingasitdoesanaccurateaccountoftheforceofelectromagnetism,theweaknuclearforce（responsibleforradioactivedecay）,andthestrongnuclearforce（whichholdsatomicnucleitogether）.TheStandardModelhasbeenremarkablysuccessful;upuntilayearortwoagoallexperimentaltestshaveverifiedthedetailedpredictionsofthetheory.TheStandardModelisbasedontheprincipleof'gaugesymmetry',whichassertsthatthepropertiesandinteractionsofelementaryparticlesaregovernedbycertainfundamentalsymmetriesrelatedtofamiliarconservationlaws.

粒子物理概念

作者簡介

作者：(英國)考夫蘭(GuyD.Coughlan)(英國)JamesE.Dodd(英國)BenM.Gripaios

目錄

Preface

Part 1 Introduction

1 Matter and light

2 Special relativity

3 Quantum mechanics

4 Relativistic quantum theory

Part 2 Basic particle physics

5 The fundamental forces

6 Symmetry in the microworld

7 Mesons

8 Strange particles

Part 3 Strong interaction physics

9 Resonance particles

10 SU（3） and quarks

Part 4 Weak interaction physics I

11 The violation of parity

12 Fermi's theory of the weak interactions

13 Two neutrinos

14 Neutral kaons and CP violation

Part 5 Weak interaction physics II

15 The current-current theory of the weak interactions

16 An example leptonic process:electron-neutrino scattering

17 The weak interactions of hadrons

18 The W boson

Part 6 Gauge theory of the weak interactions

19 Motivation for the theory

20 Gauge theory

21 Spontaneous symmetry breaking

22 The Glashow-Weinberg-Salam model

23 Consequences of the model

24 The hunt for the W, Z0 bosons

Part 7 Deep inelastic scattering

25 Deep inelastic processes

26 Electron-nucleon scattering

27 The deep inelastic microscope

28 Neutrino-nucleon scattering

29 The quark model of the structure functions

Part 8 Quantum chromodynamics-the theory of quarks

30 Coloured quarks

31 Colour gauge theory

32 Asymptotic freedom

33 Quark confinement

Part 9 Electron-positron collisions

34 Probing the vacuum

35 Quarks and charm

36 Another generation

Part 10 The Standard Model and beyond

37 The Standard Model of particle physics

38 Precision tests of the Standard Model

39 Flavour mixing and CP violation revisited

40 The hunt for the Higgs boson

41 Neutrino masses and mixing

42 Is there physics beyond the Standard Model？

43 Grand unification

44 Supersymmetry

45 Particle physics and cosmology

46 Superstrings

Appendices

1 Units and constants

2 Glossary

3 List of symbols

4 Bibliography

5 Elementary particle data

Name index

Subject index