Symmetry Principles Particle Physics

In this 1980 book the concept of symmetry or invariance is employed as a unifying theme in the properties and interactions of the elementary particles.

List of contents

Preface; 1. Introduction to elementary particles; 2. Quantum mechanics and invariance principles; 3. Angular momentum; 4. Lorentz invariance; 5. Parity; 6. Time reversal; 7. Charge independence, isospin and strangeness; 8. Charge conjugation; 9. Hadronic decays of mesons; 10. SU(3); 11. The quark model; Appendices; Index.

Summary

In this 1980 book the concept of symmetry or invariance is employed as a unifying theme in the properties and interactions of the elementary particles. Using an explanation of mathematical formalism and with applications to particular cases, the authors introduce the symmetry schemes which dominate the world of the particle physicist.

Product details

• Authors: W. M. Gibson, B. R. Pollard
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.10.2010
• EAN: 9780521299640
• ISBN: 978-0-521-29964-0
• No. of pages: 402
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 216 mm x 24 mm
• Weight: 565 g
• Series: Cambridge Monographs on Physic
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Atomic physics, nuclear physics