This is a practical introduction to the principal ideas in gauge theory and their applications to elementary particle physics. It explains technique and methodology with simple exposition backed up by many illustrative examples. Derivations, some of well known results, are presented in sufficient detail to make the text accessible to readers entering the field for the first time. The book focuses on the strong interaction theory of quantum chromodynamics and the electroweak interaction theory of Glashow, Weinberg, and Salam, as well as the grand unification theory, exemplified by the simplest SU(5) model. Not intended as an exhaustive survey, the book nevertheless provides the general background necessary for a serious student who wishes to specialize in the field of elementary particle theory. Physicists with an interest in general aspects of gauge theory will also find the book highly useful.
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`The reader will find a concise review of diagrammatic pertubation theory, path-integral quantization, group theory, and renormalization theory. The more advanced concepts - gauge symmetry, chiral symmetry breaking, the Higgs mechanism, asymptotic freedom and the renormalization group - are treated in greater detail. The exposition of these subjects is judiciously combined with applications to the standard theory in a way that brings life to what otherwise might be dull formalism. [...] it will remain, for a long time to come, an excellent introduction to the comprehensive gauge theory of the electroweak and strong interactions.' David Goss, Physics Today
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Ta-Pei Cheng is at University of Missouri, St Louis. Ling-Fong Li is at Carnegie Mellon University.
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a classic to learn particle physics,
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The book presents the basics of the particle physics. I don't like the first of the book: field theory part is bad. But the rest of the book is very well written. It was very help for me to understand particle physics.
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The book is written at a medium to advanced Physics level. Not an easy book for those who study the subject for the first time. Excellent for more advanced readers. Can also be used as e reference book.
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Old-fashioned, outdated and misleading,
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This book is clearly outdated, therefore it should not be recommended to anybody who would pursue a career in Particle Physics. In dealing with renormalization, the authors did not even mention the phrase "Effective Field Theory". When introducing chiral symmetry of the strong interaction in Chapter 5, it is surprising that the authors did not even have a section about Chiral Perturbation Theory, while sticking to Current Algebra. There is nothing about Heavy Quark Symmetry in this book... And the treatment of mass and wavefunction renormalization in Section 2.3 is at best misleading...In short, this is one of the least books one should pick to learn either Quantum Field Theory or modern Particle Physics.
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gauge eigenstates, technicolour models, free quark model, kinship hypothesis, renormalization programme, neutrino mass terms, simple quark model, tunnelling amplitude, standard electroweak theory, spontaneous symmetry breakdown, mass eigenstates, flavour indices, homotopic classes, mass singularities, minimal subtraction scheme, isospin violation, wavefunction renormalization, parton model, superficial degree, current commutator, subtraction point, unitary gauge, hadronic tensor, quark fields, gauge hierarchy Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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- The Second Workshop on Grand Unification, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, April 24-26, 1981 by Jacque Leveille in Back Matter
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- Elementary Particles and Their Interactions: Concepts and Phenomena by Quang Ho-Kim on page 303, and page 548
- Theoretical Nuclear and Subnuclear Physics (Oxford Studies in Nuclear Physics) by John Dirk Walecka on page 253, and page 454
- Gauge Theories Of Strong, Weak, And Electromagnetic Interactions (Advanced Book Classics) by Chris Quigg on page 263, and Back Matter
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