Particle Physics: An Introduction

by Robert Purdy

Overview

This updated edition is designed as a brief introduction to the fundamental particles that make up the matter in our universe. Numerous examples, figures, and simple explanations enable general readers and physics students to understand complex concepts related to the universe. Selected topics include atoms, quarks, accelerators, detectors, colliders, string theory, and more.

Features:

• Explores the fundamental particles that make up the matter in our universe
• Topics include atoms, quarks, accelerators, detectors, colliders, string theory, and more

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781683928775
Publisher:	Mercury Learning and Information
Publication date:	01/13/2023
Series:	Essentials of Physics Series
Edition description:	2nd ed.
Pages:	500
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Purdy Robert :

Robert Purdy, PhD is a lecturer in Physics at the University of Leeds. He has taught modules in classical mechanics, Lagrangian and Hamiltonian mechanics, nuclear physics, particle physics, quantum field theory, and mathematics for physicists.

Table of Contents

1. A History of Particle Physics.
2. Special Relativity.
3. Quantum Mechanics.
4. Symmetries and Groups.
5. Experimental Particle Physics.
6. Particle Classification.
7. Relativistic Quantum Mechanics.
8. The Dirac Equation.
9. Quantum Electrodynamics.
10. Non-Abelian Gauge Theory and Color.
11. Symmetry Breaking and the Higgs Mechanism.
12. The Standard Model of Particle Physics.
13. Beyond the Standard Model.

Appendices.
Bibliography.
Index.