Advanced Concepts in Particle and Field Theory

Tristan Hübsch

doi:10.1017/CBO9781316160725

Uniting the usually distinct areas of particle physics and quantum field theory, gravity and general relativity, this expansive and comprehensive textbook of fundamental and theoretical physics describes the quest to consolidate the basic building blocks of nature, by journeying through contemporary discoveries in the field, and analysing elementary particles and their interactions. Designed for advanced undergraduates and graduate students and abounding in worked examples and detailed derivations, as well as including historical anecdotes and philosophical and methodological perspectives, this textbook provides students with a unified understanding of all matter at the fundamental level. Topics range from gauge principles, particle decay and scattering cross-sections, the Higgs mechanism and mass generation, to spacetime geometries and supersymmetry. By combining historically separate areas of study and presenting them in a logically consistent manner, students will appreciate the underlying similarities and conceptual connections to be made in these fields.

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Epigraph
pp v-vi

Contents
pp vii-x

Preface
pp xi-xvi

I - Preliminaries
pp 1-2

1 - The nature of observing Nature
pp 3-36

2 - Fundamental physics: elementary particles and processes
pp 37-80

II - The Standard Model
pp 81-82

3 - Physics in spacetime
pp 83-126

4 - The quark model: combinatorics and groups
pp 127-164

5 - Gauge symmetries and interactions
pp 165-222

6 - Non-abelian gauge symmetries and interactions
pp 223-250

7 - The Standard Model
pp 251-290

III - Beyond the Standard Model
pp 291-292

8 - Unification: the fabric of understanding Nature
pp 293-314

9 - Gravity and the geometrization of physics
pp 315-356

10 - Supersymmetry: boson–fermion unification
pp 357-396

11 - Strings: unification of all foundations of reality
pp 397-448

IV - Appendices
pp 449-450

A - Groups: structure and notation
pp 451-492

B - A lexicon
pp 493-522

C - A few more details
pp 523-532

References
pp 533-550

Index
pp 551-562

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