Weak Interactions of Leptons and Quarks

Weak Interactions of Leptons and Quarks
Author: Eugene D. Commins
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 488
Release: 1983-07-29
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9780521273701

In recent years, the study of weak interaction and its relationship with the other fundamnetal interactions of nature has progressed rapidly. Weak interactions of leptons and quarks provides an up-to-date account of this continuing research. The Introduction discusses early models and historical developments in the understanding of the weak force. The authors then give a clear presentation of the modern theoretical basis of weak interactions, going on to discuss recent advances in the field. These include development of the eletroweak gauge theory, and the discovery of neutral currents and of a host of new particles. There is also a chapter devoted entirely to neutrino astrophysics. Its straightforward style and its emphasis on experimental results will make this book an excellent source for students (problem sets are included at the end of each chapter) and experimentalists in the field. Physicists whose speciality lies outside the study of elementary particle physics will also find it useful.

Leptons And Quarks (Special Edition Commemorating The Discovery Of The Higgs Boson)

Leptons And Quarks (Special Edition Commemorating The Discovery Of The Higgs Boson)
Author: Lev Borisovich Okun
Publisher: World Scientific
Total Pages: 430
Release: 2014-04-29
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9814603147

The book “Leptons and Quarks” was first published in the early 1980s, when the program of the experimental search for the intermediate bosons W and Z and Higgs boson H was formulated. The aim and scope of the present extended edition of the book, written after the experimental discovery of the Higgs boson in 2012, is to reflect the various stages of this 30+ years search. Along with the text of the first edition of “Leptons and Quarks” it contains extracts from a number of books published by World Scientific and an article from “On the concepts of vacuum and mass and the search for higgs” available from www.worldscientific.com/worldscinet/mpla or from arxiv.org/abs/1212.1031.The book is unique in communicating the Electroweak Theory at a basic level and in connecting the concept of Lorenz invariant mass with the concept of the Extended Standard Model, which includes gravitons as the carriers of gravitational interaction.

Quarks, Leptons, and Their Constituents

Quarks, Leptons, and Their Constituents
Author: Antonino Zichichi
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2012-12-12
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9781461282303

From 5 to 15 August 1984, a group of 79 physicists from 61 laboratories in 26 countries met in Erice for the 22nd Course of the International School of Subnuclear Physics. The countries represented were Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, People's Republic of China, Denmark, the Federal Republic of Germany, France, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, the Netherlands, Pakistan, Poland, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, the United Kingdom, the United States of America. The School was sponsored by the Italian Ministry of Public Education (MPI), the Italian Ministry of Scientific and Technologi cal Research (MRST), the Regional Sicilian Government (ERS), and the Weizmann Institute of Science. The programme of the School was devoted to a review of the most significant results in theoretical and experimental research work on the interactions between what we believe today are the point like constituents of the world: quarks and leptons. It should however not be forgotten that many problems are still to be understood: especially in the forefront of the correla tion between quarks and leptons. This game started in 1966 with the proposal for "leptonic quarks" and went on with "preons" and "rishons" just to quote the most famous attempts to unify these two worlds.

Electroweak Interactions

Electroweak Interactions
Author: Peter Renton
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 614
Release: 1990-02-22
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9780521366922

A graduate-level description of how the theory of electroweak interactions, or so-called "Standard Model" unifies the weak and electromagnetic forces of nature in high energy physics.

Modern Elementary Particle Physics

Modern Elementary Particle Physics
Author: Gordon Kane
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 241
Release: 2017-02-09
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1107165083

An updated edition on the now completed Structural Model, providing an invaluable synthesis of cutting-edge research for students and scientists.

Gauge Theory of Weak Interactions

Gauge Theory of Weak Interactions
Author: Walter Greiner
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 406
Release: 2013-04-18
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3662033232

Gauge Theory of Weak Interactions treats the unification of electromagnetic and weak interactions and considers related phenomena. First, the Fermi theory of beta decay is presented, followed by a discussion of parity violation, clarifying the importance of symmetries. Then the concept of a spontaneously broken gauge theory is introduced, and all necessary mathematical tools are carefully developed. The "standard model" of unified electroweak interactions is thoroughly discussed including current developments. The final chapter contains an introduction to unified theories of strong and electroweak interactions. Numerous solved examples and problems make this volume uniquely suited as a text for an advanced course. This second edition has been corrected and is presented in a new cover and format.

Quarks, Leptons, and Beyond

Quarks, Leptons, and Beyond
Author: H. Fritzsch
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 557
Release: 2013-06-29
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1489922547

The ASI Quarks, Leptons and Beyond, held in Munich from the 5th to the 16th of September 1983 was dedicated to the study of what we now believe are the fundamental building blocks of nature: quarks and leptons. The subject was approached on two levels. On the one hand, a thorough discussion was given of the status of our knowledge of quarks and leptons and their interactions, both from an experi mental and a theoretical standpoint. On the other hand, open problems presented by the so called standard model of quark and lepton interact ions were explored along various ways that lead one beyond this frame work. One of the principal predictions of the standard model is that weak interactions are mediated by heavy Wand Z vector bosons. These particles were discovered in 1983 at CERN and their relevant proper ties were discussed at the ASI by C. Rubbia. Further theoretical predictions concerning these Z and W bosons, yet to be checked by future experimentation, were discussed by G. Altarelli with a view of seeing where the standard model might fail and new physics ensue. The strong interactions of quarks, based on Quantum Chromodynamics (QeD), are presumed to cause the quarks to bind into hadrons. Pro gress in attempts to calculate the observed hadronic spectrum, ab initio, starting from QCD and employing lattice methods were reviewed at the ASI by P. Hasenfratz.

Beyond the Nanoworld

Beyond the Nanoworld
Author: H. G. Dosch
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 292
Release: 2008-01-11
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 1439865213

Beyond the world of atoms, at scales smaller than the smallest nuclei, a new world comes into view, populated by an array of colorful elementary particles: strange and charmed quarks, muons and neutrinos, gluons and photons, and many others, all interacting in beautifully intricate patterns. Beyond the Nanoworld tells the story of how this new real

Quarks, Leptons and The Big Bang

Quarks, Leptons and The Big Bang
Author: Jonathan Allday
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 460
Release: 2018-01-18
Genre: Science
ISBN: 135109307X

Quarks, Leptons and The Big Bang is a clear, readable and self-contained introduction to particle physics and related areas of cosmology. It bridges the gap between non-technical popular accounts and textbooks for advanced students. The book concentrates on presenting the subject from the modern perspective of quarks, leptons and the forces between them. This book will be of interest to students, teachers and general science readers interested in fundamental ideas of modern physics.