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Particle Physics - From the Basics to Modern Experiments

English · Paperback / Softback

Will be released 20.11.2025

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This textbook provides an introduction from the basics to modern experiments and the latest developments in particle physics. Experimental tools such as accelerators and detectors, as well as symmetry principles and their applications, are also thoroughly presented. Additionally, the Standard Model which largely dominates today's experimental and theoretical discussions is introduced.
This book explains essential areas of quantum electrodynamics, the quark model, quantum chromodynamics, and the electroweak theory. The Lagrangian formalism formulates the Standard Model as a gauge theory, and the Higgs mechanism is described in detail. Extensive chapters on hadron collider physics and neutrino physics connect to current research and explore possible extensions of the Standard Model in light of recent experimental results. The appealing design of the textbook and the 207 exercises with solution hints and supplements as Jupyter Notebooks on GitHub serve for further in-depth study.

List of contents

Overview and Tools.- The Scattering Matrix and its Symmetries.- Elementary Quantum Electrodynamics.- Hadrons in Quantum Chromodynamics.- Electrons and Quarks.- From Weak to Electroweak Interaction.- The Standard Model.- Large Hadron Collider (LHC) and Involved Experiments.- Solution Hints for the Exercises.

About the author

Christoph Berger, born in 1939, received his Ph.D. in Bonn in 1968 and his habilitation in Aachen in 1973. From 1974 to 2004, he was a professor of high-energy physics at RWTH Aachen University. He had various research stays at DESY, CERN, and Cornell University.
Gregor Herten, born in 1955, received his Ph.D. in Aachen in 1983. From 1986 to 1992, he was a professor at MIT, Cambridge, USA, and from 1992 to 2023, a professor of physics at the University of Freiburg. He had research stays at DESY and CERN.

Summary

This textbook provides an introduction from the basics to modern experiments and the latest developments in particle physics. Experimental tools such as accelerators and detectors, as well as symmetry principles and their applications, are also thoroughly presented. Additionally, the Standard Model—which largely dominates today's experimental and theoretical discussions—is introduced.
This book explains essential areas of quantum electrodynamics, the quark model, quantum chromodynamics, and the electroweak theory. The Lagrangian formalism formulates the Standard Model as a gauge theory, and the Higgs mechanism is described in detail. Extensive chapters on hadron collider physics and neutrino physics connect to current research and explore possible extensions of the Standard Model in light of recent experimental results. The appealing design of the textbook and the 207 exercises with solution hints and supplements as Jupyter Notebooks on GitHub serve for further in-depth study.

Product details

Authors Christoph Berger, Gregor Herten
Publisher Springer, Berlin
 
Original title Elementarteilchenphysik
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Release 20.11.2025
 
EAN 9783662717059
ISBN 978-3-662-71705-9
No. of pages 600
Illustrations Approx. 600 p. 324 illus., 265 illus. in color.
Subjects Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Atomic physics, nuclear physics

Accelerator Physics, Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory, Particle Physics, Large Hadron Collider, Standard model, electroweak interaction, quantum chromodynamics, quantum electrodynamics, Neutrino Physics, Elementary Particle Physics, Quark Model, LHC CMS, Symmetry Physics, LHC Alice, Leptons, LHC Atlas

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