An Introduction to Gauge Theories and Modern Particle Physics [Paperback]

A comprehensive treatment of modern theoretical and experimental particle physics, in two volumes.In 1983, researchers detected the existence of W and Z bosons and many new results have followed. Presenting underlying physical principles in a simple and intuitive way, this is the first graduate-level textbook on the second generation of particle physics after 1983.In 1983, researchers detected the existence of W and Z bosons and many new results have followed. Presenting underlying physical principles in a simple and intuitive way, this is the first graduate-level textbook on the second generation of particle physics after 1983.This book is a comprehensive and unified treatment of modern theoretical and experimental particle physics aimed at beginning graduate students. The emphasis throughout is on presenting underlying physical principles in a simple and intuitive way. In 1983, researchers detected the existence of W and Z bosons and many new results have followed. This is the first graduate-level textbook to deal with the second generation of particle physics after 1983. 3pi]Features of this edition include: A detailed discussion of higher order electroweak effects; an expanded discussion of quark mixing; revised sections on charm and beauty and on jet physics; enlarged treatment of deep inelastic lepton-adron scattering; detailed treatment of QCD corrections to the simple parton model; and an introduction to the nonperturbative or confinement region of QCD.Preface; 1. Field theory and pre-gauge theory weak interactions; 2. The need for a gauge theory; 3. Spontaneous symmetry breaking: the Goldstone theorem and the Higgs phenomenon; 4. Construction of the Standard Model; 5. Lowest order tests of the Standard Model in the leptonic sector; 6. The Higgs boson; 7. The Standard Model beyond lowest order; 8. e+e- physics and the Standard Model; 9. Extension to the hadrons; 10. Phenomenology of semi-leptonic reactions; 11. The discovery of the narrow vector rel¡