Lectures on the ElectroWeak Interactions

by Riccardo Barbieri

Overview

Elementary particle physics is the quadrant of nature whose laws can be written in a few lines with absolute precision and the greatest empirical adequacy. Thus these lectures aim at introducing students and interested readers to the entire subject in a compact way.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9788876423116
Publisher:	Scuola Normale Superiore
Publication date:	12/20/2007
Series:	Publications of the Scuola Normale Superiore , #5
Pages:	84
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.01(d)

Table of Contents

1. The Fermi theory of neutron decay.- 2. The Lagrangian of the Standard Model, including neutrino masses.- 3. The main predictions of the Standard Model.- 4. Precision tests.- 5. Flavour Physics.- 6. CP violation.- 7. Basics of neutrino physics.- 8. Neutrino oscillations.- 9. The naturalness problem of the Fermi scale.- 10. The main drawback of the Standard Model.- 11. Appendices.