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BL
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1028894
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b783264
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Rolnick, William B.
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| Title & Author
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The fundamental particles and their interactions /\ William B. Rolnick ; with appendix on particle detectors by Joey Huston.
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| Publication Statement
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Reading, Mass. :: Addison-Wesley,, ©1994.
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xiv, 466 pages :: illustrations ;; 24 cm
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0201578387
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: 9780201578386
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 449-453) and index.
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| Contents
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Ch. 1. Introduction -- Ch. 2. A General Introduction to Quantum Mechanics -- Ch. 3. Angular Momentum and Rotations -- Ch. 4. Relativistic Quantum Mechanics and Quantum Field Theory -- Ch. 5. Groups and Their Representations -- Ch. 6. "Internal" Symmetries and Conserved Numbers -- Ch. 7. Quantum Electrodynamics as a Gauge Theory -- Ch. 8. Yang-Mills Theories -- Ch. 9. Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD) -- Ch. 10. The Electroweak Theory -- I. The Gauge Theory -- Ch. 11. The Electroweak Theory -- II. Breaking the Symmetry -- Ch. 12. The Discrete Symmetries: P, C, and T -- Ch. 13. Experimental Concepts -- Ch. 14. Experimental Devices and Facilities -- Ch. 15. Evidence for the Standard Model with Three Generations -- Ch. 16. QCD Revisited -- Ch. 17. Larger Symmetries -- Ch. 18. Neutrino Mass, Mixing, and Oscillations -- Ch. 19. Further Developments -- Appendix A: [actual symbol not reproducible] Matrices for l = 1 -- Appendix B: Four-Vectors in Electrodynamics -- Appendix C: Field Equations and Noether's Theorem -- Appendix D: A Contour Integral from Chapter 4 -- Appendix E: Kinematic Relativistic Variables -- Appendix F: Partial Wave Analysis for Spin 1/2 Particles and the [Delta] Resonance -- Appendix G: G-Parity in the Strong Interactions -- Appendix H: Particle Detectors (Joey Huston, Michigan State University) -- Mathematical Tables.
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An accessible introduction to high energy physics, presenting concepts of particle physics, including some of the experimental evidence of their discovery and verification. It also covers topics such as group theory, quantum chromodynamics and the electroweak theory.
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Particles (Nuclear physics)
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Standard model (Nuclear physics)
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Standard model (Nuclear physics)
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Elementarteilchenphysik
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Particles (Nuclear physics)
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Particles (Nuclear physics)
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Particules (physique nucléaire)
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Physique nucléaire.
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Standard model (Nuclear physics)
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Standard model (Nuclear physics)
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Standardmodell
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részecskefizika
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Standard-modell-- részecskefizika
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| Dewey Classification
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539.7
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| LC Classification
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QC793.2.R65 1994
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33.50bcl
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UO 1000rvk
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UO 5000rvk
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Huston, Joey.
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