粒子物理學

本書的第一部分概述了粒子物理學的標準模型，包括對希格斯玻色子的發現和對它的性質的概述，本書的第二部分總結了對中微子物理學的重要研究，並概述了對這些研究的解釋。

Prelace

Acknowledgements

Author Biography

Part I The Standard Model of Particle Physics

1 Historical overview of particle physics

1.1 Introduction

1.2 Photons

1.3 Electrons

1.4 Protons

1.5 Neutrons

1.6 Neutrinos

1.7 Positrons

1.8 Muons

1.9 Pions

1.10 Antiprotons and antirteutrons

References and suggestions for further reading

2 Classification of subatomic particles and their interactions

2.1 Introduction

2.2 Leptons

2.3 Gauge bosons

2.4 Feynman diagrams

Problems

References and suggestions for further reading

3 Evidence for quarks

3.1 Introduction

3.2 Coulombic scattering

3.3 Magnetic moment of the neutron

3.4 Excited states of the neutron and proton

3.5 Meson production

3.6 Deep inelastic scattering

References and suggestions for further reading

4 Hadronic structure and interactions

4.1 Introduction

4.2 Structure of mesons

4.3 Structure of baryons

4.4 Quarks, gluons and color

4.5 Understanding decays and reactions

Problems

References and suggestions for further reading

5 The Higgs boson

5.1 Introduction

5.2 Spontaneous symmetry breaking

5.3 The Higgs field

5.4 The search for the Higgs boson

References and suggestions for further reading

Part II Neutrino oscillations

6 Solar neutrinos

6.1 Introduction

6.2 Solar fusion processes

Problem

References and suggestions for further reading

7 Radiochemical neutrino experiments

7.1 Introduction

7.2 The Homestake Mine experiment

7.3 SAGE

7.4 GALLEX/GNO

7.5 Calibration of gallium experiments

Problem

References and suggestions for further readin

8 Properties of neutrinos

8.1 Introduction

8.2 Dirac and Majorana neutrinos

8.3 Neutrino flavors and Cabibbo mixin

8.4 Neutrino flavor mixing and the MSW effect

References and suggestions for further reading

9 Kamiokande and Super-Kamiokande

9.1 Introduction

9.2 Cherenkov radiation

9.3 Kamiokande and Super-Kamiokande

9.4 Solar neutrino experiments

9.5 Atmospheric neutrino experiments

9.6 Accelerator neutrino experiments

9.7 Supernova neutrinos

9.8 Proton decay experiments

Problems

References and suggestions for further reading

10 Sudbury Neutrino Observatory

10.1 Introduction

10.2 Sudbury Neutrino Observatory

10.3 Analysis of SNO data

Problem

References and suggestions for further reading

11 Scintillator experiments

11.1 Introduction

11.2 Borexino

11.3 KamLAND

References and suggestions for further reading

12 Neutrino masses and their implications

12.1 Introduction

12.2 Neutrino masses

12.3 Cosmological implications of neutrino mass

12.4 Neutrino magnetic moment

Problem

References and suggestions for further reading

編輯手記

理查德·A.鄧拉普，Richard A Dunlap received a BS in Physics from Worcester Polytechnic Institute in 1974, an AM in Physics from Dartmoutt College in1976 and a PhD in Physics from Clark University in 1981. Since receiving his PhD he has been on the Faculty at Dalhousie University. He was appointed Faculty of Science Killa Research Professor in Physics from 2001 to 2006 and served as Director of the Dalhousie University Institute for Research in Materials from 2009 to 2015. He currently holds an appointment as Research Professor in the Department of Physics and Atmospheric Science. Professor Dunlap has published more than 300 refereed research papers and his research interests have included, magnetic materials, amorphous alloys, critical phenomena, hydrogen storage, quasicrystals, superconductivity and materials for advanced batteries.Much of his work involves the application of nuclear spectroscopic techniques to the investigation of solid state properties. He is author of four previous books;Experimental Physics: Modern Methods (Oxford 1988), The Golden Ratio and Fibonacci Numbers (World Scientific 1997), An Introduction to the Physics of Nuclei and Particles (Brooks/Cole 2004), Sustainable Energy (Cengage, 1st edn 2015,2nd edn 2019).