The Physics of the B Factories

The Physics of the B Factories
Author: Adrian Bevan
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2015-03-23
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9783662449905

This comprehensive work thoroughly introduces and reviews the set of results from Belle and BaBar - after more than two decades of independent and complementary work - all the way from the detectors and the analysis tools used, up to the physics results, and the interpretation of these results. The world’s two giant B Factory collaborations, Belle at KEK and BaBar at SLAC, have successfully completed their main mission to discover and quantify CP violation in the decays of B mesons. CP violation is a necessary requirement to distinguish unambiguously between matter and antimatter. The shared primary objective of the two B Factory experiments was to determine the shape of the so-called unitarity triangle, an abstract triangle representing interactions of quarks, the elementary constituents of matter. The area of the triangle is a measure of the amount of CP violation associated with the weak force. Many other measurements have been performed by the B Factories and are also discussed in this work.

Energy Research Abstracts

Energy Research Abstracts
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 586
Release: 1994
Genre: Power resources
ISBN:

Semiannual, with semiannual and annual indexes. References to all scientific and technical literature coming from DOE, its laboratories, energy centers, and contractors. Includes all works deriving from DOE, other related government-sponsored information, and foreign nonnuclear information. Arranged under 39 categories, e.g., Biomedical sciences, basic studies; Biomedical sciences, applied studies; Health and safety; and Fusion energy. Entry gives bibliographical information and abstract. Corporate, author, subject, report number indexes.

Lepton And Photon Interactions At High Energies - Proceedings Of The Xix International Symposium

Lepton And Photon Interactions At High Energies - Proceedings Of The Xix International Symposium
Author: John Jaros
Publisher: World Scientific
Total Pages: 941
Release: 2000-07-21
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9814493775

Stanford University hosted the XIX International Symposium on Lepton and Photon Interactions at High Energies on August 9 - 14, 1999, at the Law School on the Stanford University Campus, the site of the previous Symposia. This volume constitutes the proceedings of the Symposium.

The Particle Odyssey

The Particle Odyssey
Author: Frank Close
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 266
Release: 2004-11-11
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9780198609438

1. The world of particle physics 2. Voyage into the atom 3. The structure of the atom 4. The extraterrestrials 5. The cosmic rain 6. The challenge of the big machines 7. The particle explosion 8. Colliders and image chambers 9. From charm to top 10. The 'whys' of particle physics 11. Futureclash 12. Particles at work Table of particles Further reading/acknowledgements Picture credits Index

Particle Physics And Cosmology: The Quest For Physics Beyond The Standard Model(s) (Tasi 2002)

Particle Physics And Cosmology: The Quest For Physics Beyond The Standard Model(s) (Tasi 2002)
Author: Howard E Haber
Publisher: World Scientific
Total Pages: 913
Release: 2004-09-13
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9814482463

This book contains the lecture courses conducted at the School of the Theoretical Advanced Study Institute (TASI, Colorado, USA) on Elementary Particle Physics in 2002. In this School, three series of lectures are presented in parallel in the area of phenomenology, TeV-scale physics, and astroparticles physics. The phenomenology lecture series covered a broad spectrum of standard research techniques used to interpret present day and future collider data. The TeV-scale physics lecture series focused on modern speculations about physics beyond the Standard Model, with an emphasis on supersymmetry and extra-dimensional theories. The lecture series on astroparticle physics treated recent developments in theories of dark matter and dark energy, the cosmic microwave background, and prospects for the upcoming era of gravitational wave astronomy.

Photon-photon Collisions - 9th International Workshop On Photon-photon Collisions

Photon-photon Collisions - 9th International Workshop On Photon-photon Collisions
Author: D O Caldwell
Publisher: World Scientific
Total Pages: 532
Release: 1992-12-31
Genre:
ISBN: 981455460X

The proceedings blend current and future two-photon physics. Developments since the last Photon-Photon Workshop four years ago are summarized, and the future of the field is projected, not only at existing accelerators, but also at heavy-ion colliders B-factories, and especially linear colliders with back-scattered laser beams.

The Large Hadron Collider

The Large Hadron Collider
Author: Lyndon R. Evans
Publisher: EPFL Press
Total Pages: 264
Release: 2009-01-01
Genre: Hadron colliders
ISBN: 9782940222346

Describes the technology and engineering of the Large Hadron collider (LHC), one of the greatest scientific marvels of this young 21st century. This book traces the feat of its construction, written by the head scientists involved, placed into the context of the scientific goals and principles.

Contemporary Physics

Contemporary Physics
Author: Jamil Aslam
Publisher: World Scientific
Total Pages: 262
Release: 2008
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9812818944

This proceedings volume reviews the current status of research in major frontline areas of physics. With contributions from leading physicists, the areas of research covered in the various papers include condensed matter physics, particle physics, quantum optics, quantum computing and laser physics, nanosciences, synchrotron radiation, relativity, astrophysics and cosmology, and plasma physics.

Heavy Flavor Physics - Proceedings Of The Seventh International Symposium

Heavy Flavor Physics - Proceedings Of The Seventh International Symposium
Author: Claudio Campagnari
Publisher: World Scientific
Total Pages: 506
Release: 1999-11-15
Genre:
ISBN: 9814543187

The physics of heavy flavors is a very active area of research in experimental and theoretical high energy physics. A number of heavy flavor experiments at new or upgraded accelerators are just coming on line to address some of the most fundamental questions of particle physics, e.g. matter-anti-matter asymmetry (CP violation).The Seventh International Symposium on Heavy Flavor Physics focused primarily on the physics of bottom and charmed quarks, but there were also sessions on the top quark and the tau lepton. It presented a great opportunity to take stock of the field on the eve of the new era in heavy flavor physics which will be opened up by the next generation of experiments.