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Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:
July 2023
Print publication year:
2023
Online ISBN:
9781009402378
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Book description

The electroweak theory unifies two basic forces of nature: the weak force and electromagnetism. This is a concise introduction to the structure of the electroweak theory and its applications. It describes the structure and properties of field theories with global and local symmetries, leading to the standard model. It describes the particles and processes predicted by the theory, and compares them with experimental results. It also covers neutral currents, the properties of W and Z bosons, the properties of quarks and mesons containing heavy quarks, neutrino oscillations, CP-asymmetries in K, D, and B meson decays, and the search for Higgs particles. Each chapter contains problems to supplement the text, stemming from the author's long teaching experience. This will be of great interest to graduate students and researchers in elementary particle physics. Originally published in 2007, this title has been reissued as an Open Access publication on Cambridge Core.

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Contents

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  • Frontmatter
    pp i-iv
  • Dedication
    pp v-vi
  • Contents
    pp vii-x
  • Preface
    pp xi-xiv
  • Part I - The road to unification
    pp 1-2
  • 1 - The electromagnetic current and its properties
    pp 3-11
  • 2 - The weak currents
    pp 12-20
  • 3 - The quark model
    pp 21-30
  • Part II - Field theories with global or local symmetries
    pp 31-32
  • 4 - Yang–Mills theories
    pp 33-40
  • 5 - Spontaneous breaking of symmetries
    pp 41-52
  • 6 - Construction of the model
    pp 53-56
  • 7 - The Higgs mechanism in the Glashow–Salam–Weinberg model
    pp 57-63
  • 8 - The leptonic sector
    pp 64-77
  • 9 - Incorporating hadrons
    pp 78-92
  • Part III - Experimental consequences and comparisons
    pp 93-94
  • 10 - Deep inelastic scattering
    pp 95-111
  • 11 - Charged-current reactions
    pp 112-123
  • 12 - Neutral currents in semileptonic reactions
    pp 124-135
  • 13 - Physics of neutrinos
    pp 136-154
  • 14 - Heavy quarks
    pp 155-179
  • 15 - CP violation: K mesons
    pp 180-202
  • 16 - CP violation: D and B mesons
    pp 203-217
  • 17 - Higgs particles
    pp 218-233
  • Epilogue
    pp 234-235
  • Appendix A - Conventions, spinors, and currents
    pp 236-238
  • Appendix B - Cross sections and traces
    pp 239-241
  • Appendix C - Identities for quark bilinears
    pp 242-242
  • Index
    pp 243-246

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