This readable introduction to particle physics and cosmology discusses the interaction of these two fundamental branches of physics and considers recent advances beyond the standard models. Eight chapters comprise a brief introduction to the gauge theories of the strong and the electroweak interactions, the so-called grand unified theories, and general relativity. Ten more chapters address recent concepts such as composite fermions and bosons, supersymmetry, quantum gravity, supergravity, and strings theories, and relate them to modern cosmology and experimental astronomy.
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This readable introduction to particle physics and cosmology discusses the interaction of these two fundamental branches of physics and considers recent advances beyond the standard models. Eight chapters comprise a brief introduction to the gauge theories of the strong and the electroweak interactions, the so-called grand unified theories, and general relativity. Ten more chapters address recent concepts such as composite fermions and bosons, supersymmetry, quantum gravity, supergravity, and strings theories, and relate them to modern cosmology and experimental astronomy.
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All important subjects in particle theories are in one book.,
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All important subjects, from the standard modelto the string theory, are adequately provided for the students who major in particle theory. I have never imagine that anyone can write these contents in one book of 496 pages
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Slightly dated (does not discuss large extra dimensions, dark energy or gauge-string duality for example) but otherwise great review of the main ideas in both of the areas. Highly recommended.
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- Particle Physics, 2nd Edition by B. R. Martin on 5 pages
- Introduction to Supersymmetry (Cambridge Monographs on Mathematical Physics) by Peter G. O. Freund in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Solar Neutrinos: The First Thirty Years (Frontiers in Physics) by Raymond Davis Jr. on page 451
- Superstring Theory: Volume 2, Loop Amplitudes, Anomalies and Phenomenology (Cambridge Monographs on Mathematical Physics) by Michael B. Green in Back Matter
- Introduction to High Energy Physics by Donald H. Perkins in Back Matter
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- Cosmological Physics (Cambridge Astrophysics S.) by J. A. Peacock in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Cosmological Physics (Cambridge Astrophysics) by J. A. Peacock in Back Matter
- Testing Quantum Mechanics on New Ground by Partha Ghose in Back Matter
- Gauge Field Theories: An Introduction with Applications by Mike Guidry in Back Matter
- Patterns In The Void: Why Nothing Is Important by Sten Odenwald in Back Matter
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