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A modern primer in particle and nuclear physics
Author
Title
A modern primer in particle and nuclear physics / Francesco Terranova.
ISBN
9780192845245
0192845241
9780192845252
019284525X
9780192660046
9780191937613
Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, [2021]
Physical Description
xx, 467 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm
Summary
Suitable for undergraduate and graduate physics students, this unique textbook provides an ideal entry point into particle, nuclear, and astroparticle physics and presents the modern concepts, theories, and experiments that explain the elementary constituents and basic forces of the universe.-- Source other than the Library of Congress.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 11, 2022
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
1 Setting the scene
2 Scattering and decay
3 Measurements in particle physics
4 Accelerators and colliders
5 Symmetries and anti-matter
6 Electromagnetic interactions
7 The modern theory of strong interactions
8 Flavor symmetries and the quark models
9 From QCD to nuclear physics
10 Weak interactions
11 Radioactivity and cosmic engines
12 The electroweak theory
13 At the forefront of the Standard Model
A Special relativity
B The principles of quantum mechanics
References
Index.
Subjects (Medical)
Elementary Particles.
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