An Introductory Course of Particle Physics

Content: Scope of Particle Physics  What are elementary particles?  Inventory of Elementary Fermions  Which Properties?  Fundamental Interactions  High Energy Physics  Relativity and Quantum Theory  Natural Units  Plan of the book   Relativistic Kinematics  Lorentz Transformation Equations  Vectors and Tensors on Spacetime  Velocity, Momentum and Energy  Covariance  Invariances and Conservation Laws  Kinematics of Decays  Kinematics of Scattering Processes   Symmetries and Groups  The Role of Symmetries  Group Theory  Examples and Classification  Generators  Representations  Lorentz Group  Poincare Group   A brisk Tour of Quantum Field Theory  Motivating quantum fields  Plane wave solutions  Lagrangian  Making Lorentz Invariants with Fields  Lagrangians for Free Fields  Noether Currents and Charges  Quantum Fields as Operators  States  Interactions  From Lagrangian to Feynman rules  Calculation of Decay Rates  Calculation of Cross-Sections  Differential Decay Rates and Cross-Sections  Feynman Diagrams Which Do Not Represent Physical Amplitudes   Quantum Electrodynamics  Gauge Invariance  Interaction Vertex  Elastic Scattering at Second Order  Inelastic Scattering at Second Order  Scalar QED  Multi-Photon States  Higher Order Effects   Parity and Charge Conjugation  Discrete Symmetries in Classical Electrodynamics  Parity Transformation of Fields  Charge Conjugation  Parity Properties of Particle States  Charge Conjugation Properties of Particle States  Multi-Photon States  Positronium  Parity Assignment of Different Particles  Signature of Parity Violation  Consequences of Charge Conjugation Symmetry  CP Symmetry   Time-Reversal and CPT Symmetries  Anti-Unitary Operators  Time Reversal Transformation on Fields  CPT Transformation on Fields  CPT Theorem  Consequences of CPT Symmetry  Time Reversal Transformation on States  Signature of Time Reversal Violation   Isospin  Nuclear Energy Levels  Isospin Symmetry  Pions  Isospin Relations  G-parity  Generalized Pauli Principle  Isospin and Quarks     Pion-Nucleon Interaction    Isospin breaking    Baryon Number  Discovering Particles  Discoveries of Electron, Proton and Neutron  New Particles in Cosmic Rays  Accelerators  Detectors  Hadronic Zoo  Detecting Short-Lived Particles  Discovering Leptons  Overview of Particle Physics Experiments   SU(3) quark model Strange quark  Hypercharge  SU(3)  Mesons from three flavors of quarks  Baryons from three flavors of quarks  U-spin and V -spin  SU(3) breaking and mass relations  Electromagnetic properties in SU(3)  Decays of hadrons  Summary of conservation laws  Color   Non-Abelian Gauge Theories  Local SU(N) invariance  Gauge fields  Self-interaction of gauge bosons  Fadeev-Popov ghosts  Interaction of gauge bosons with other particles   Quantum Chromodynamics  SU(3) of Color  Running Parameters  QCD Lagrangian  Perturbative QCD  The 1/N expansion  Lattice Gauge Theory  Confinement  Asymptotic Properties of Color Gauge Fields   Structure of hadrons  Electron-Proton Elastic Scattering  Deep Inelastic Scattering  Structure Functions and Charge Distribution  Scaling  Partons  Parton Distribution Functions  Parton Distribution and Cross-Section  Fragmentation  Scale Dependence of Parton Distribution  Quark Masses  Glueballs   Fermi Theory of Weak Interactions  Four-Fermion Interaction  Helicity and Chirality  Fierz Transformations  Elastic Neutrino-Electron Scattering  Inelastic Neutrino-Electron Scattering  Muon and Tau Decay  Parity Violation  Problems with Fermi Theory  Intermediate Vector Bosons   Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking  Examples of Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking  Goldstone Theorem  Interaction of Goldstone Bosons  Higgs Mechanism   Standard Electroweak Model with Leptons  Chiral Fermions and Internal Symmetries  Leptons and the Gauge Group  Symmetry Breaking  Gauge Interaction of Fermions  Yukawa Sector  Connection with Fermi Theory  Forward-Backward Asymmetry   Electroweak Interaction of Hadrons  Quarks in Standard Model  Gauge Interaction of Quarks  CKM Matrix and Its Parametrization  Yukawa Interaction of quarks  Leptonic decays of Mesons  Spin and Parity of Hadronic Currents  Selection Rules for Charged Currents  Semileptonic Decays of Mesons  Neutral Kaons  Processes Involving Baryons   Global symmetries of standard model  Accidental symmetries  Approximate symmetries  Chiral symmetries  Anomalies   Bosons of Standard Model  Interactions among Bosons  Decay of Gauge Bosons Scattering of Gauge Bosons  Equivalence Theorem  Custodial Symmetry  Loop Corrections  Higgs Boson   Hadrons Involving Heavy Quark Flavors  Charm Quark and Charmed Hadrons  Bottom Quark  Neutral Meson-Antimeson Systems  Top Quark  Quark Masses  Heavy Quark Effective Theory   CP Violation  CP Violation and Complex Parameters  Kobayashi-Maskawa Theory of CP Violation  Rephasing Invariant Formulation CP-Violating Decays of Kaons  Other Signals of CP Violation  Unitarity Triangle  CP Violation and T Violation  Strong CP Problem   Neutrino Mass and Lepton Mixing  Simple Extension of Standard Model  Neutrino Oscillation  Majorana Fermions  Consequences of Lepton Mixing  Lepton Number Violation  Models of Neutrino Mass   Beyond the Standard Model  Shortcomings of Standard Model Left-Right Symmetric Model  Grand Unified Theories  Horizontal Symmetry  Supersymmetry Higher Dimensional Theories  String Theory         Appendices A Units and Constants  B Short summary of particle properties  C Timeline of major advances in particle physics  D Properties of spacetime  E Clebsch-Gordan co-efficients  F Dirac matrices and spinors  G Evaluation of loop integrals  H Feynman rules for standard model  I Books and other reviews  J Answers to selected exercises      Index