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100 1 $aTully, Christopher G.,$d1970-
245 10 $aElementary particle physics in a nutshell /$cChristopher G. Tully.
260 $aPrinceton :$bPrinceton University Press,$cc2011.
300 $aviii, 303 p. :$bill. ;$c26 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aPreface -- Particle Physics: Brief Overview: -- Handedness in the equation of motion -- Chiral interactions -- Fundamental strong interaction -- Table of elementary particles -- Mass and charge -- Hypercharge interaction of the standard model -- Higgs mechanism -- Program of study -- Exercises -- References and further reading -- Dirac Equation And Quantum Electrodynamics: -- Natural units and conversions -- Relativistic invariance -- Pauli-Dirac representation and connection with nonrelativistic QM: -- Constants of motion -- Velocity in Dirac theory -- Probability current -- Free-particle solutions in the Pauli-Dirac representation -- Antiparticles: -- Charge-conjugation symmetry -- Lorentz transformations: -- Lorentz invariance of the Dirac equation -- Lorentz-invariant Lagrangians and the Euler-Lagrange equations -- Weyl representation: -- Weyl spinor two-component formalism -- Free-particle solutions via Lorentz boost transform --
505 0 $aProjection operators and completeness relations -- Discrete Lorentz transformations -- Covariant form of the electromagnetic interaction -- Relativistic propagator theory: -- Source terms: Coulomb scattering potential -- Photon propagator -- Massive spin- propagator -- S-matrix and Feynman rules for QED: -- Cross sections and decay rates -- Worked example: Mott scattering -- Spin statistics -- Exercises -- -: References and further reading -- Gauge Principle: -- Global internal symmetries -- Local gauge symmetries -- SU(2) and the weak interaction: -- Gauge transformations of massive spin-1 four-potentials -- Non-Abelian four-potentials -- Weak and electromagnetic interactions -- Electroweak gauge interactions -- Gauge interaction of QCD -- Structure of elementary matter -- Spontaneous symmetry breaking -- Higgs mechanism -- Minimum single-doublet of complex scalar fields -- -: Glashow-Weinberg-Salam theory of the electroweak interactions -- Neutral-current Feynman rules --
505 0 $aFermion masses and the CKM Mixing Matrix -- Neutrino masses and the CKM Mixing Matrix -- Interaction vertices in the standard model -- Higgs mechanism and the Nambu-Goldstone Theorem -- Goldstone Boson equivalence -- Anomaly cancellation -- Exercises -- References and further reading --Hadrons: -- Color antiscreening and quark confinement -- Light mesons and baryons -- Flavor symmetry: -- Nuclear isospin -- Meson wave functions -- Baryon wave functions -- Heavy flavors, quarkonia, and meson factories -- Exercises -- References and further reading -- Detectors And Measurements: -- Photons and electromagnetic calorimeters -- Electrons, tracking, d E/dx, and transition radiation detectors -- Single hadrons, time-of-flight, Cherenkov radiation, and Hadron calorimeters -- Muons and Muon spectrometers -- Jets and jet algorithms -- b-jets and vertex detectors -- T-Leptons -- Missing transverse energy -- Neutrinos and water Cherenkov detectors -- Dark matter detectors -- Exercises --
505 0 $aReferences and further reading -- Neutrino Oscillations And CKM Measurements: -- Neutrino oscillations: -- Atmospheric and accelerator-based neutrino experiments -- Reactor neutrino experiments -- Solar neutrino data -- Neutrino mass hierarchy, flavor content, and potential for CP violation -- CKM parameterizations and CP violation -- Box diagrams and the GIM mechanism -- Neutral meson oscillations and CP violation -- Constraints on the unitarity triangle -- Exercises -- References and further reading -- e+e- Collider Physics: -- Fermion pair production -- W boson decay -- Resonance production: -- Radiative return -- Measurement of ALR -- Polarized T-lepton decays: -- Measurement of sin w from T decays -- W+W- pair production -- Exercises -- References and further reading --Hadron Colliders: -- Drell-Yan and the Parton model: -- Kinematic variables and Parton distribution functions -- Single boson production -- QCD jet production: -- Single boson+jet -- W+multijet --
505 0 $aTop quark physics: -- Pair production -- Electroweak single top production -- Decay properties -- Mass measurement -- Trigger rates and thresholds: -- Multijet QCD backgrounds -- Exercises -- References and further reading -- Higgs Physics: -- Pre-LEP searches -- LEPI era: -- Production mechanisms at the Z resonance -- Low-mass searches -- Higgs boson production and decay: -- Higgstrahlung at an e+e- collider -- Vector boson fusion at a hadron collider -- From LEP2 to the Tevatron and LHC -- Standard model Higgs search: -- High-resolution search channels -- JetMET-oriented low-mass channels -- Inclusive dilepton analysis -- Boosted dibosons from heavy Higgs decay -- From 115 GeV/c to 1 TeV/c2 -- Exercises -- References and further reading -- Appendix: Standard model interactions and their vertex forms -- Index.
520 $aBook Description: The new experiments underway at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN in Switzerland may significantly change our understanding of elementary particle physics and, indeed, the universe. This textbook provides a cutting-edge introduction to the field, preparing first-year graduate students and advanced undergraduates to understand and work in LHC physics at the dawn of what promises to be an era of experimental and theoretical breakthroughs. Christopher Tully, an active participant in the work at the LHC, explains some of the most recent experiments in the field. But this book, which emerged from a course at Princeton University, also provides a comprehensive understanding of the subject. It explains every elementary particle physics process--whether it concerns nonaccelerator experiments, particle astrophysics, or the description of the early universe--as a gauge interaction coupled to the known building blocks of matter. Designed for a one-semester course that is complementary to a course in quantum field theory, the book gives special attention to high-energy collider physics, and includes a detailed discussion of the state of the search for the Higgs boson. Introduces elementary particle processes relevant to astrophysics, collider physics, and the physics of the early universe; Covers experimental methods, detectors, and measurements; Features a detailed discussion of the Higgs boson search; Includes many challenging exercises.
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