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

A comprehensive treatment of modern theoretical and experimental particle physics, in two volumes.This work presents, in two volumes, a comprehensive and unified treatment of modern theoretical and experimental particle physics at a level accessible to beginning research students, Volume 2 deals at some length with CP-violation, but is mainly devoted to QCD and its application to 'hard' processes. A brief coverage of 'soft' hadronic physics is included.This work presents, in two volumes, a comprehensive and unified treatment of modern theoretical and experimental particle physics at a level accessible to beginning research students, Volume 2 deals at some length with CP-violation, but is mainly devoted to QCD and its application to 'hard' processes. A brief coverage of 'soft' hadronic physics is included.Volume 2 deals at some length with CP-violation, but is mainly devoted to QCD and its application to hard processes. The authors briefly cover soft hadronic physics, also. This work will provide a comprehensive reference and textbook for all postgraduate students and researchers interested in modern particle physics.18. Determination of the KobayashiMaskawa matrix; 19. Mixing and CP-violation; 20. Regularization, renormalization and introduction to the renormalization group; 21. Gauge theories, QCD and the renormalization group; 22. Applications of the QCD renormalization group; 23. The parton model in QCD; 24. Large pT phenomena and jets in hadronic interactions; 25. Jets and hadrons in e+e- physics; 26. Low pT or 'soft' hadronic physics; 27. Some non-perturbative aspects of gauge theories; 28. Beyond the Standard Model; Appendices; References; Index.