CP Violation (Cambridge Monographs on Particle Physics, Nuclear Physics and Cosmology) [Hardcover]

I. I. Bigi (Author), A. I. Sanda (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0521443490 | ISBN-13: 978-0521443494 | Publication Date: November 13, 1999

Why did the matter in our Universe not annihilate itself with antimatter immediately after its creation? The discovery of CP violation may answer this fundamental question. From the basics to the front line of research, this timely account presents background information and theoretical tools necessary for understanding this phenomenon. Early chapters explore charge conjugation, parity, and time reversal symmetries before introducing the Kobayashi-Maskawa ansatz for CP violation and examining the theoretical understanding of CP violating K meson decays. Following chapters reveal how the discovery of B mesons provides a new laboratory in which to study CP violation and predict CP violation in B meson decays and rare K meson decays. Later chapters continue the search for a new fundamental theory and address the problem of baryogenesis in the big bang universe. The importance of close links with experiment is stressed throughout. Each chapter concludes with problems. Detailed references are included. This book is suitable for graduate students and researchers in particle physics, atomic and nuclear physics and the history and philosophy of science.

Editorial Reviews

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"...could not be more timely...[does] an excellent job in explaining and summarizing on this subject." Physics Today

"The book is comprehensive...the book is self-contained, original, and thorough in its discussions of CP violation in K and B decays...In summary, this is a very beautiful, thorough, and well-written ripe with rigor, originality, and insight. I would strongly recommend it to all researchers in the field of elementary particle physics and to anyone else wanting to understanf the basis, evolution, and likely future development of this important aspect of modern particle physics...It is a book one will value for years to come." Am. J. Phys., Vol 69 Dec 2001

Book Description

Why did the matter in our Universe did not annihilate itself withantimatter immediately after its creation? The discovery of CPviolation may answer this fundamental question. From the basics to the front-line of research, this timely account presents background information and theoretical tools necessary for understanding this phenomenon. The importance of close links with experiment is stressed throughout. Each chapter concludes with problems and detailed references are included. Suitable for graduate students and researchers in particle physics, atomic and nuclear physics and the history and philosophy of science.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 400 pages
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press (November 13, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0521443490
• ISBN-13: 978-0521443494
• Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 7.1 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.9 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,829,089 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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