Quarks And Leptons. An Introductory Course In Modern Particle Physics

Quarks And Leptons: An Introductory Course In Modern Particle Physics Dust Jacket
	Front Cover
	Front Flap
	Title-Page
	Copyright
	Dedication
	Preface
	Contents
1 A Preview Of Particle Physics
	1.1 What Is The World Made Of ?
	1.2 Quarks And Color
	1.3 Color: The Charge Of Nuclear Interactions
	1.4 Natural Units
	1.5 Alpha Is Not The Only Charge Associated With Particle Interactions
	1.6 There Are Weak Interactions, Too
	1.7 Down Mendeleev's Path: More Quarks And Leptons
	1.8 Gravity
	1.9 Particles: The Experimentalist's Point Of View
	1.10 Particle Detectors
2 Symmetries And Quarks
	Symmetries And Groups
		2.1 Symmetries In Physics: An Example
		2.2 Symmetries And Groups: A Brief Introduction
		2.3 The Group SU(2)
		2.4 Combining Representations
		2.5 Finite Symmetry Groups: P And C
		2.6 SU(2) Of Isospin
		2.7 Isospin For Antiparticles
		2.8 The Group SU(3)
		2.9 Another Example Of An SU(3) Group; Isospin And Strangeness
	Quark "Atoms"
		2.10 Quark-Antiquark States: Mesons
		2.11 Three-Quark States: Baryons
		2.12 Magnetic Moments
		2.13 Heavy Quarks: Charm And Beyond
		2.14 Hadron Masses
		2.15 Color Factors
3 Antiparticles
	3.1 Nonrelativistic Quantum Mechanics
	3.2 Lorentz Covariance And Four-Vector Notation
	3.3 The Klein-Gordon Equation
	3.4 Historical Interlude
	3.5 The Feynman-Stuckelberg Interpretation Of E< 0 Solutions
	3.6 Nonrelativistic Perturbation Theory
	3.7 Rules For Scattering Amplitudes In The Feynman-Stuckelberg Approach
4 Electrodynamics Of Spinless Particles
	4.1 An "Electron" In An Electromagnetic Field A-mu
	4.2 "Spinless" Electron-Muon Scattering
	4.3 The Cross Section In Terms Of The Invariant Amplitude Curly-R
	4.4 The Decay Rate In Terms Of Curly-R
	4.5 "Spinless" Electron-Electron Scattering
	4.6 Electron-Positron Scattering: An Application Of Crossing
	4.7 Invariant Variables
	4.8 The Origin Of The Propagator
	4.9 Summary
5 The Dirac Equation
	5.1 Covariant Form Of The Dirac Equation. Dirac Gamma-Matrices
	5.2 Conserved Current And The Adjoint Equation
	5.3 Free-Particle Spinors
	5.4 Antiparticles
	5.5 Normalization Of Spinors And Completeness Relations
	5.6 Bilinear Covariants
	5.7 Zero-Mass Fermions: The Two-Component Neutrino
6 Electrodynamics Of Spin- 1/2 Particles
	6.1 An Electron Interacting With An Electromagnetic Field A-mu
	6.2 Moller Scattering Electron-Electron To Electron-Electron
	6.3 The Process Electron-Muon To Electron-Muon
	6.4 Trace Theorems And Properties Of Gamma Matrices
	6.5 Electron-Muon Scattering And The Process Positron-Electron To Antimuon-Muon
	6.6 Helicity Conservation At High Energies
	6.7 Survey Of Electron-Positron To Electron-Positron, Muon-Antimuon
	6.8 Electron-Muon To Electron-Muon In The Laboratory Frame. Kinematics Relevant To The Parton Model
	6.9 Photons. Polarization Vectors
	6.10 More On Propagators. The Electron Propagator
		The Propagator For A Spinless Particle
		The Electron Propagator
	6.11 The Photon Propagator
	6.12 Massive Vector Particles
	6.13 Real And Virtual Photons
	6.14 Compton Scattering Photon-Electron To Photon-Electron
	6.15 Pair Annihilation To Two Photons
	6.16 The +i epsilon Prescription For Propagators
	6.17 Summary Of The Feynman Rules For QED
7 Loops, Renormalization, Running Coupling Constants, And All That
	7.1 Scattering Electrons Off A Static Charge
	7.2 Higher-Order Corrections
	7.3 The Lamb Shift
	7.4 More Loops: The Anomalous Magnetic Moment
	7.5 Putting The Loops Together: Ward Identities
	7.6 Charge Screeing And Electron-Muon Scattering
	7.7 Renormalization
	7.8 Charge Screeing In QED: The Running Coupling Constant
	7.9 Running Coupling Constant For QCD
	7.10 Summary And Comments
8 The Structure Of Hadrons
	8.1 Probing A Charge Distribution With Electrons: Form Factors
	8.2 Electron-Proton Scattering. Proton Form Factors
	8.3 Inelastic Electron-Proton Scattering ep To eX
	8.4 Summary Of The Formalism For Analyzing ep Scattering
	8.5 Inelastic Electron Scattering As A (Virtual) Photon-Proton Total Cross Section
9 Partons
	9.1 Bjorken Scaling
	9.2 Partons And Bjorken Scaling
	9.3 The Quarks Within The Proton
	9.4 Where Are The Gluons ?
10 Quantum Chromodynamics
	10.1 The Dual Role Of Gluons
	10.2 Embedding Gamma*-Parton Processes In Deep Inelastic Scattering
	10.3 The Parton Model Revisited
	10.4 The Gluon Emission Cross Section
	10.5 Scaling Violations. The Altarelli-Parisi Equation
	10.6 Including Gluon Pair Production
	10.7 Complete Evolution Equations For The Parton Densities
	10.8 Physical Interpretation Of The P Functions
	10.9 The Altarelli-Parisi Techniques Also Apply To Leptons And Photons: The Weizsacker-Williams Formula
11 Positron-Electron Annihilation And QCD
	11.1 Electron-Positron Annihilation Into Hadrons: Electron-Positron To Quark-Antiquark
	11.2 Fragmentation Functions And Their Scaling Properties
	11.3 A Comment On Heavy Quark Production
	11.4 Three-Jet Events: Electron-Positron To Quark-Antiquark-Gluon
	11.5 An Alternative Derivation Of The Electron-Positron To Quark-Antiquark-Gluon Cross Section
	11.6 A Discussion Of Three-Jet Events
	11.7 QCD Corrections To Electron-Positron To Hadrons
	11.8 Perturbative QCD
	11.9 A Final Example: The Drell-Yan Process
12 Weak Interactions
	12.1 Parity Violation And The V-A Form Of The Weak Current
	12.2 Interpretation Of The Coupling G
	12.3 Nuclear Beta-Decay
	12.4 Further Trace Theorems
	12.5 Muon Decay
	12.6 Pion Decay
	12.7 Charged Current Neutrino-Electron Scattering
	12.8 Neutrino-Quark Scattering
	12.9 First Observation Of Weak Neutral Currents
	12.10 Neutral Current Neutrino-Quark Scattering
	12.11 The Cabibbo Angle
	12.12 Weak Mixing Angles
	12.13 CP Invariance?
	12.14 CP Violation: The Neutral Kaon System
13 Electroweak Interactions
	13.1 Weak Isospin And Hypercharge
	13.2 The Basic Electroweak Interaction
	13.3 The Effective Current-Current Interaction
	13.4 Feynman Rules For Electroweak Interactions
	13.5 Neutrino-Electron Scattering
	13.6 Electroweak Interference In Electron-Positron Annihilation
	13.7 Other Observable Electroweak Interference Effects
14 Gauge Symmetries
	14.1 The Lagrangian And Single-Particle Wave Equations
	14.2 Noether's Theorem: Symmetries And Conservation Laws
	14.3 U(1) Local Gauge Invariance And QED
	14.4 Non-Abelian Gauge Invariance And QCD
	14.5 Massive Gauge Bosons ?
	14.6 Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking. "Hidden" Symmetry
	14.7 Spontaneous Breaking Of A Global Gauge Symmetry
	14.8 The Higgs Mechanism
	14.9 Spontaneous Breaking Of A Local SU(2) Gauge Symmetry
15 The Weinberg-Salam Model And Beyond
	15.1 Electroweak Interactions Revisited
	15.2 Choice Of The Higgs Field
	15.3 Masses Of The Gauge Bosons
	15.4 Masses Of The Fermions
	15.5 The Standard Model: The Final Lagrangian
	15.6 Electroweak Theory Is Renormalizable
	15.7 Grand Unification
	15.8 Can The Proton Decay ?
	15.9 The Early Universe As A High-Energy Physics Experiment
	15.10 "Grander" Unification
Answers And Comments On The Exercises
Supplementary Reading
References
Index
Useful Forrmulae
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