Publisher's Synopsis
The book describes the evolution of our understanding of the particle world from the discoveries of antimatter and various new particles early last century, through to the development of the quark model of the proton and neutron and the invention of the electroweak theory describing, among other phenomena, beta decay of nuclei, right up to the more recent discovery of the Higgs boson at CERN. It also outlines what might lie beyond our present knowledge and what we hope to discover in future experiments. This 2nd edition will include various important topics omitted from the first printing and will also include much new material, both experimental and theoretical, that has emerged over the last decade of intense activity at CERN and elsewhere. The book will include many exercises with complete worked answers.
Key Features:
- Provides careful scientific motivation for each theoretical and experimental development
- Pedagogical and self-contained
- Contains many fully worked exercises
- Up-to-date with the most recent theoretical and experimental advances
