Gauge Theories Of Strong, Weak, And Electromagnetic Interactions (Advanced Book Classics) [Paperback]

Chris Quigg (Author)

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Publication Date: December 15, 1997 | ISBN-10: 0201328321 | ISBN-13: 978-0201328325

This monograph presents a coherent and elementary introduction to Gauge theories of the fundamental interactions and their applications to high-energy physics. It deals with the logic and structure of local Gauge symmetries and Gauge theories, from quantum electrodynamics through unified theories of the interactions among leptons and quarks. Many explicit calculations provide the reader with practice in computing the consequences of these theories and offer a perspective on key experimental investigations. First published in 1983, this text is ideal for a one-semester course on Gauge theories and particle physics. Specialists in particle physics and others who wish to understand the basic ideas of Gauge theories will find it useful as a reference and for self-study.

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Chris Quigg is internationally known for his studies of heavy quarks and his insights into electroweak symmetry breaking and particle interactions at ultrahigh energies. He has been a visiting professor at École Normale Supérieure in Paris, Cornell University, and Princeton University; Erwin Schrödinger Professor at the University of Vienna; and Scholar-in-Residence at the Rockefeller Foundation’s Bellagio Study and Conference Center in Italy. He has served on the faculties of the State University of New York at Stony Brook and the University of Chicago. A member of the Fermilab staff since 1974, Dr. Quigg was for ten years Head of the Laboratory’s Theoretical Physics Department. He received his B.S. degree from Yale University in 1966 and his Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley in 1970. He is Editor of the Annual Review of Nuclear and Particle Science.

Product Details

• Paperback: 352 pages
• Publisher: Westview Press (December 15, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0201328321
• ISBN-13: 978-0201328325
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.3 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,985,597 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Still a classic after more than fifteen years, July 2, 2000

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This review is from: Gauge Theories Of Strong, Weak, And Electromagnetic Interactions (Advanced Book Classics) (Paperback)

I left the field of physics twenty years ago, and as a graduate physicist I am now doing social science research into information systems. But I like to stay informed about current developments in physics. And certainly a unified theory of the fundamental forces of nature is attracting a lot of attention from both specialists and laymen alike. I knew that gauge theories are important for a unified theory, and nobody interested in physics could escape the renewed interest through the awarding of the 1999 Nobel Prize in physics to Veltman and 't Hooft. So I bought this classic text of Chris Quigg. Many popular books on modern physics (e.g. Bedersen, 1999) quote this text. By no means I was disappointed. Of course the mathematics is often difficult, but the author is starting each chapter outlining what the fundamental ideas are. And that alone makes the book a good read. The book has nine chapters, and each chapter is concluded with an assessment or a reflection on the contents, which are highly understandable. Many of the problems of 1983, when the book was published, are still open today. It is didactically very suited as textbook or reference book for those physicists wishing to specialize in high energy physics.