The Standard Model: From Fundamental Symmetries to Experimental Tests - Hardcover

by Yuval Grossman (Author), Yossi Nir (Author)

An authoritative, hands-on introduction to the foundational theory and experimental tests of particle physics

• Describes symmetry principles of growing complexity, including Abelian symmetries and their application in QED, the theory of electromagnetic interactions, non-Abelian symmetries and their application in QCD, the theory of strong interactions, and spontaneously broken symmetries and their application in the theory of weak interactions
• Derives the Lagrangian that implements these symmetry principles and extracts the phenomenology that follows from it, such as elementary particles and accidental symmetries
• Explains how the Standard Model has been experimentally tested, emphasizing electroweak precision measurements, flavor-changing neutral current processes, neutrino oscillations, and cosmology
• Demonstrates how to extend the model to address experimental and observational puzzles, such as neutrino masses, dark matter, and the baryon asymmetry of the universe
• Features a wealth of problems drawing from the latest research
• Ideal for a one-semester graduate course and an invaluable resource for practitioners
• Online solutions manual (available only to instructors)

Author Biography

Yuval Grossman is professor of physics at Cornell University. He is a recipient of the Humboldt Research Award. Yossi Nir is professor of physics at the Weizmann Institute of Science. He is the author (with Helen R. Quinn) of The Mystery of the Missing Antimatter (Princeton).