Story of the W and Z

Klappentext This is a first-hand account of one of the most important scientific discoveries of the twentieth century. Zusammenfassung This is a first-hand account of one of the most important scientific discoveries of the twentieth century. In 1983! two groups of scientists working at CERN near Geneva collected data! which were subsequently shown to be consistent with the W and Z bosons. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I. The Background: 1. Introduction; 2. Inside the atom; 3. Quarks and leptons; 4. Unification of forces; Part II. The Objective: 5. The experimental test; 6. How do we recognise a W or Z boson?; Part III. The Tools for the Search: 7. Accelerators and CERN; 8. Detectors; 9. The UA1 experiment; Part IV. The Search: 10. Installation and the early runs; 11. The search for the W boson; 12. The search for the Z boson; 13. The search continues; Part V. The Future: 14. What next?; Appendix.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Watkins, Peter Watkins, Watkins Peter
• Editore: External catalogues UK
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 09.06.2009
• EAN: 9780521318754
• ISBN: 978-0-521-31875-4
• Categorie: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Fisica, astronomia > Fisica atomica, fisica nucleare; SCIENCE / Physics / General, Physics