Introduction to Elementary Particles, 2nd Edition

Introduction to Elementary Particles, 2nd Ed. David J. Griffiths......Page 0003.djvu
ISBN: 978-3-527-40601-2......Page 0004.djvu
Contents......Page 0005.djvu
Preface to the First Edition......Page 0009.djvu
Preface to the Second Edition......Page 0011.djvu
Formulas and Constants......Page 0013.djvu
Introduction......Page 1.djvu
1.1 The Classical ERA (1897-1932)......Page 13.djvu
1.2 The Photon (1900-1924)......Page 15.djvu
1.3 Mesons (1934-1947)......Page 18.djvu
1.4 Antiparticles (1930-1956)......Page 20.djvu
1.5 Neutrinos (1930-1962)......Page 23.djvu
1.6 Strange Particles (1947-1960)......Page 30.djvu
1.7 The Eightfold Way (1961-1964)......Page 35.djvu
1.8 The Quark Model (1964)......Page 37.djvu
1.9 November Revolution & Aftermath (1974-1983, 1995)......Page 44.djvu
1.10 Intermediate Vector Bosons (1983)......Page 47.djvu
1.11 The Standard Model (1978-?)......Page 49.djvu
2.1 The Four Forces......Page 59.djvu
2.2 Quantum Electrodynamics (QED)......Page 60.djvu
2.3 Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD)......Page 66.djvu
2.4 Weak Interactions......Page 71.djvu
2.4.1 Neutral......Page 72.djvu
2.4.2.1 Leptons......Page 74.djvu
2.4.3 Quarks......Page 75.djvu
2.4.4 Weak & E-M Couplings of W and Z......Page 78.djvu
2.5 Decays and Conservation Laws......Page 79.djvu
2.6 Unification Schemes......Page 84.djvu
3.1 Lorentz Transformations......Page 89.djvu
3.2 Four-vectors......Page 92.djvu
3.3 Energy and Momentum......Page 96.djvu
3.4.1 Classical Collisions......Page 100.djvu
3.4.2 Relativistic Collisions......Page 101.djvu
3.5 Examples & Applications......Page 102.djvu
4.1 Symmetries, Groups, & Conservation Laws......Page 115.djvu
4.2 Angular Momentum......Page 120.djvu
4.2.1 Addition of Angular Momenta......Page 122.djvu
4.2.2 Spin 1/2......Page 125.djvu
4.3 Flavor Symmetries......Page 129.djvu
4.4.1 Parity......Page 136.djvu
4.4.2 Charge Conjugation......Page 142.djvu
4.4.3 CP......Page 144.djvu
4.4.3.1 Neutral Kaons......Page 145.djvu
4.4.3.2 CP Violation......Page 147.djvu
4.4.4 Time Reversal & TCP Theorem......Page 149.djvu
5.1 The Schrodinger Equation......Page 159.djvu
5.2 Hydrogen......Page 162.djvu
5.2.1 Fine Structure......Page 165.djvu
5.2.2 The Lamb Shift......Page 166.djvu
5.2.3 Hyperfine Splitting......Page 167.djvu
5.3 Positronium......Page 169.djvu
5.4 Quarkonium......Page 171.djvu
5.4.1 Charmonium......Page 174.djvu
5.4.2 Bottomonium......Page 175.djvu
5.5 Light Quark Mesons......Page 176.djvu
5.6 Baryons......Page 180.djvu
5.6.1 Baryon Wave Functions......Page 181.djvu
5.6.2 Magnetic Moments......Page 189.djvu
5.6.3 Masses......Page 191.djvu
6.1.1 Decay Rates......Page 197.djvu
6.1.2 Cross Sections......Page 199.djvu
6.2 The Golden Rule......Page 203.djvu
6.2.1 Golden Rule for Decays......Page 204.djvu
6.2.1.1 Two-particle Decays......Page 206.djvu
6.2.2 Golden Rule for Scattering......Page 208.djvu
6.2.2.1 Two-body Scattering in CM Frame......Page 209.djvu
6.3 Feynman Rules for a Toy Theory......Page 211.djvu
6.3.1 Lifetime of the A......Page 214.djvu
6.3.2 A + A —> B + B Scattering......Page 215.djvu
6.3.3 Higher-order Diagrams......Page 217.djvu
7.1 The Dirac Equation......Page 225.djvu
7.2 Solutions to the Dirac Equation......Page 229.djvu
7.3 Bilinear Covariants......Page 235.djvu
7.4 The Photon......Page 238.djvu
7.5 The Feynman Rules for QED......Page 241.djvu
7.6 Examples......Page 245.djvu
7.7 Casimir’s Trick......Page 249.djvu
7.8 Cross Sections & Lifetimes......Page 254.djvu
7.9 Renormalization......Page 262.djvu
8.1 Hadron Production in e+e- Collisions......Page 275.djvu
8.2 Elastic Electron—Proton Scattering......Page 279.djvu
8.3 Feynman Rules For Chromodynamics......Page 283.djvu
8.4.1 Quark and Antiquark......Page 289.djvu
8.4.2 Quark and Quark......Page 292.djvu
8.5 Pair Annihilation in QCD......Page 294.djvu
8.6 Asymptotic Freedom......Page 298.djvu
9.1 Charged Leptonic Weak Interactions......Page 307.djvu
9.2 Decay ofthe Muon......Page 310.djvu
9.3 Decay of the Neutron......Page 315.djvu
9.4 Decay ofthe Pion......Page 321.djvu
9.5 Charged Weak Interactions of Quarks......Page 324.djvu
9.6 Neutral Weak Interactions......Page 329.djvu
9.7.1 Chiral Fermion States......Page 338.djvu
9.7.2 Weak Isospin & Hypercharge......Page 342.djvu
9.7.3 Electroweak Mixing......Page 345.djvu
10.1 Lagrangian Forml. of Classical Particle Mechanics......Page 353.djvu
10.2 Lagrangians in Relativistic Field Theory......Page 354.djvu
10.3 Local Gauge Invariance......Page 358.djvu
10.4 Yang—Mills Theory......Page 361.djvu
10.5 Chromodynamics......Page 366.djvu
10.6 Feynman Rules......Page 369.djvu
10.7 The Mass Term......Page 372.djvu
10.8 Spontaneous Symmetry-breaking......Page 375.djvu
10.9 The Higgs Mechanism......Page 378.djvu
11.1 Solar Neutrino Problem......Page 387.djvu
11.2 Oscillations......Page 390.djvu
11.3 Confirmation......Page 392.djvu
11.4 Neutrino Masses......Page 395.djvu
11.5 The Mixing Matrix......Page 397.djvu
12.1 The Higgs Boson......Page 401.djvu
12.2 Grand Unification......Page 405.djvu
12.3 Matter/Antimatter Asymmetry......Page 409.djvu
12.4.1 Supersymmetry......Page 411.djvu
12.4.2 Strings......Page 413.djvu
12.5.1 Dark Matter......Page 414.djvu
12.5.2 Dark Energy......Page 416.djvu
12.6 Conclusion......Page 417.djvu
A The Dirac Delta Function......Page 423.djvu
B.1.1 Two-body Decays......Page 429.djvu
B.2.1 Two-body Scattering......Page 430.djvu
C.1 Pauli Matrices......Page 433.djvu
C.2 Dirac Matrices......Page 434.djvu
D.2 Propagators......Page 437.djvu
D.3 Vertex Factors......Page 438.djvu
Index......Page 441.djvu