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Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:
July 2023
Print publication year:
2023
Online ISBN:
9781009401685
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Book description

The second edition of this introductory graduate textbook provides a concise yet accessible introduction to the Standard Model. It has been updated to account for the successes of the theory of strong interactions and the observations on matter–antimatter asymmetry. It gives a coherent presentation of the phenomena and theory that describe neutrino mass as well as an account of progress in the theory of strong interactions. The book develops clearly the theoretical concepts from the electromagnetic and weak interactions of leptons and quarks to the strong interactions of quarks. Each chapter ends with problems, with hints to selected problems provided at the end of the book. The mathematical treatments are suitable for graduates in physics, while more sophisticated mathematical ideas are developed in the text and appendices. First published in 2007, this title has been reissued as an Open Access publication on Cambridge Core.

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  • Frontmatter
    pp i-iv
  • Contents
    pp v-x
  • Preface to the second edition
    pp xi-xii
  • Preface to the first edition
    pp xiii-xiv
  • Notation
    pp xv-xx
  • 1 - The particle physicist’s view of Nature
    pp 1-19
  • 2 - Lorentz transformations
    pp 20-26
  • 3 - The Lagrangian formulation of mechanics
    pp 27-37
  • 4 - Classical electromagnetism
    pp 38-48
  • 5 - The Dirac equation and the Dirac field
    pp 49-57
  • 6 - Free space solutions of the Dirac equation
    pp 58-66
  • 7 - Electrodynamics
    pp 67-76
  • 8 - Quantising fields: QED
    pp 77-90
  • 9 - The weak interaction: low energy phenomenology
    pp 91-101
  • 10 - Symmetry breaking in model theories
    pp 102-106
  • 11 - Massive gauge fields
    pp 107-116
  • 12 - TheWeinberg–Salam electroweak theory for leptons
    pp 117-127
  • 13 - Experimental tests of the Weinberg–Salam theory
    pp 128-136
  • 14 - The electromagnetic and weak interactions of quarks
    pp 137-146
  • 15 - The hadronic decays of the Z andW bosons
    pp 147-152
  • 16 - The theory of strong interactions: quantum chromodynamics
    pp 153-165
  • 17 - Quantum chromodynamics: calculations
    pp 166-175
  • 18 - The Kobayashi–Maskawa matrix
    pp 176-184
  • 19 - Neutrino masses and mixing
    pp 185-193
  • 20 - Neutrino masses and mixing: experimental results
    pp 194-205
  • 21 - Majorana neutrinos
    pp 206-214
  • 22 - Anomalies
    pp 215-220
  • Epilogue
    pp 221-221
  • Appendix A - An aide-mémoire on matrices
    pp 222-226
  • Appendix B - The groups of the Standard Model
    pp 227-234

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