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Introduction to Nuclear and Particle Physics

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This book is based on a one-semester course on Nuclear and Particle Physics that we have taught to undergraduate juniors and seniors at the University of Rochester. Naturally, the previous experience and background of our students determined to a large extent the level at which we presented the material. This ranged from a very qualitative and hand-waving exposition to one class that consisted of a mix of about six engineering and math majors, to relatively formal and quantitative developments for classes that were composed of about ten to fifteen well-prepared physics majors. It will not come as a great surprise that, independent of the degree of sophistication of our students, they were invariably fascinated by the subject matter, which provided great wonderment and stimulation to them. In class, we strove to stress the general underlying ideas of nuclear and particle physics, and we hope that in transforming our lecture notes into this more formal text, we have not committed the common sin of sacrificing physical content and beauty for difficulty and rigor.

It is quite remarkable how much has changed since we first wrote this book in 1989. The field of heavy-ion collisions has blossomed, the top quark and the r neutrino were discovered, a very small direct contribution to CP violation has been confirmed in K° decays, large CP violation was found in interactions of neutral B mesons, the Standard Model has gained complete acceptance, and many exciting ideas have been proposed for possibilities for physics beyond the scale of the Standard Model. Furthermore, the confirmation of a finite mass for neutrinos has revealed the first chink in the armor, and a clear need for expansion of the Standard Model. The developments in the related field of cosmology have, if anything, been even more dramatic. We were tempted to include some of these in this second edition of our book, but fearing that this might expand it beyond its current scope and sensible length, we decided not to pursue that option. Nevertheless, we have updated the original material, clarified several previous discussions, and added problems to help test the understanding of the material.

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Penerbit

Singapore : World Scientific Publishing., 2003

Deskripsi Fisik

417 pages

Bahasa

English

ISBN/ISSN

981-238-744-7

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NONE

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Edisi

Second

Subjek

Nuclear and Particle Physics

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