Derived from a course given at the University of Maryland for advanced graduate students, this book deals with some of the latest developments in our attempts to construct a unified theory of the fundamental interactions of nature. Among the topics covered are spontaneous symmetry breaking, grand unified theories, supersymmetry, and supergravity. the book starts with a quick review of elementary particle theory and continues with a discussion of composite quarks, leptons, Higgs bosons, and CP violation; it concludes with consideration of supersymmetric unification schemes, in which bosons and leptons are considered in some sense equivalent. The third edition will be completely revised and brought up to date, particularly by including discussions of the many experimental developments in recent years.
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From the reviews of the third edition: "....The book covers a very wide range of phenomena within the large subject of grand unification and supersymmetry in elementary particle physics. Almost every possible development in the field is included here."-Mathreviews.com "An extremely useful resource for graduate students and researchers, this textbook, which was derived from a course given at the University of Maryland for advanced graduate students deals with some of the latest developments in our attempts to construct a unified theory of nature’s fundamental interactions. … I can safely recommend this textbook, which gives a fairly complete and self-contained theoretical treatment of the subject." (Georges Kohnen, Physicalia, Vol. 57 (2), 2005)
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This text provides detailed outlines of the major contributions to the field of elementary particle physics. The reader is pointed to the appropriate research papers to fill in the gaps. This text is built for beginning researchers who wish to gain command of the fundamental principles behind the theory and phenomenology of particle physics and serves also as a reference for senior researchers. This text therefore makes a very important contribution to the field of high energy physics.
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Forces observed in nature can be classified into four categories according to their observed strength at low energies: strong, electromagnetic, weak, and gravitational. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
neutrino mass problem, gravitino mass, right symmetric models, gauge coupling unification, gaugino masses, superstring models, conformal supergravity, supersymmetry breaking, gauge boson masses, small neutrino masses, global supersymmetry, fermion masses, gauge hierarchy problem, electroweak symmetry breaking, local supersymmetry, unified gauge theories, vacuum degeneracy, left right symmetric model, seesaw mechanism, gauge multiplet, grand unified models, chiral field, supersymmetry transformations, massless states, susy breaking Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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Forces observed in nature can be classified into four categories according to their observed strength at low energies: strong, electromagnetic, weak, and gravitational. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
neutrino mass problem, gravitino mass, right symmetric models, gauge coupling unification, gaugino masses, superstring models, conformal supergravity, supersymmetry breaking, gauge boson masses, small neutrino masses, global supersymmetry, fermion masses, gauge hierarchy problem, electroweak symmetry breaking, local supersymmetry, unified gauge theories, vacuum degeneracy, left right symmetric model, seesaw mechanism, gauge multiplet, grand unified models, chiral field, supersymmetry transformations, massless states, susy breaking Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Yang Mills, Calabi Yau, World Scientific, Van Nieuwenhuizen, Neveu Schwarz, Nambu Goldstone, Cambridge University Press, Charged-Current Weak Interactions, Kobayashi Maskawa, Particle Data Group, Assignment of Particles, Phys Lett, F-type Lagrangian New!
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- Particle Physics by Murray Gell-Mann on page 18, and page 19
- Introduction to Superstrings (Graduate Texts in Contemporary Physics) by Michio Kaku in Front Matter, and page 413
- Theory of Weak Interactions in Particle Physics (Physics & Astronomical Monograph) by R.E. Marshak on page 18, and page 102
- Superconductor Electronics: Fundamentals and Microwave Applications (Graduate Texts in Contemporary Physics) by Johann H. Hinken in Front Matter
- Leptons and Quarks by L. B. Okun' on page 19
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- Massive Neutrinos in Physics and Astrophysics, Third Edition (World Scientific Lecture Notes in Physics, Vol. 72) by R. N. Mohapatra in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Mathematical Perspectives on Theoretical Physics: A Journey from Black Holes to Superstrings by Nirmala Prakash on page 278, page 354, and page 767
- Lepton and Baryon Number Violation in Particle Physics, Astrophysics and Cosmology: Proceedings of the First International Symposium on Lepton and ... Theoretical Studies (ECT), Trento, Italy, 2 by H. V. Klapdor-Kleingrothaus on page 378, and page 705
- Massive Neutrinos in Physics and Astrophysics (World Scientific Lecture Notes in Physics) by Rabindra Nath Mohapatra on page 17, and page 142
- Symmetries and Fundamental Interactions by Wick C. Haxton on page 122
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