Particle Physics

Chapter 1: Some basic concepts

• • 1.1 Introduction
• • 1.2 Antiparticles
• • 1.3 Interactions and Feynman diagrams
• • 1.4 Particle exchange
• • 1.5 Units and dimensions
• • Problems 1

Chapter 2: Leptons and the weak interaction

• • 2.1 Lepton multiplets and lepton numbers
• • 2.2 Leptonic weak interactions
• • 2.3 Neutrino masses and neutrino mixing
• • Problems 2

Chapter 3: Quarks and hadrons

• • 3.1 Quarks
• • 3.2 General properties of hadrons
• • 3.3 Pions and nucleons
• • 3.4 Strange particles, charm and bottom
• • 3.5 Short-lived hadrons
• • 3.6 Allowed and exotic quantum numbers
• • Problems 3

Chapter 4: Experimental methods

• • 4.1 Overview
• • 4.2 Accelerators and beams
• • 4.3 Particle interactions with matter
• • 4.4 Particle detectors
• • 4.5 Detector systems and accelerator experiments
• • 4.6 Non-accelerator experiments
• • Problems 4

Chapter 5: Space–time symmetries

• • 5.1 Translational invariance
• • 5.2 Rotational invariance
• • 5.3 Parity
• • 5.4 Charge conjugation
• • 5.5 Positronium
• • 5.6 Time reversal
• • Problems 5

Chapter 6: The quark model

• • 6.1 Isospin symmetry
• • 6.2 The lightest hadrons
• • 6.3 The _L_ = 0 heavy quark states
• • 6.4 Colour
• • 6.5 Charmonium and bottomonium
• • Problems 6

Chapter 7: QCD, jets and gluons

• • 7.1 Quantum chromodynamics
• • 7.2 Electron–positron annihilation
• • Problems 7

Chapter 8: Quarks and partons

• • 8.1 Elastic electron scattering: the size of the proton
• • 8.2 Inelastic electron and muon scattering
• • 8.3 Inelastic neutrino scattering
• • 8.4 Other processes
• • 8.5 Current and constituent quarks
• • Problems 8

Chapter 9: Weak interactions: quarks and leptons

• • 9.1 Charged current reactions
• • 9.2 The third generation
• • Problems 9

Chapter 10: Weak interactions: electroweak unification

• • 10.1 Neutral currents and the unified theory
• • 10.2 Gauge invariance and the Higgs boson
• • Problems 10

Chapter 11: Discrete symmetries: _C, P, CP_ and _CPT_

• • 11.1 _P_ violation, _C_ violation and _CP_ conservation
• • 11.2 _CP_ violation and particle–antiparticle mixing
• • 11.3 _CP_ violation in the standard model
• • Problems 11

Chapter 12: Beyond the standard model

• • 12.1 Grand unification
• • 12.2 Supersymmetry
• • 12.3 Strings and things
• • 12.4 Particle physics and cosmology
• • 12.5 Dirac or Majorana neutrinos?
• • Problems 12

Chapter A: Relativistic kinematics

• • A.1 The Lorentz transformation for energy and momentum
• • A.2 The invariant mass
• • A.2.1 Beam energies and thresholds
• • A.2.2 Masses of unstable particles
• • A.3 Transformation of the scattering angle
• • Problems A

Chapter B: Amplitudes and cross-sections

• • B.1 Rates and cross-sections
• • B.2 The total cross-section
• • B.3 Differential cross-sections
• • B.4 The scattering amplitude
• • B.5 The Breit–Wigner formula
• • B.5.1 Decay distributions
• • B.5.2 Resonant cross-sections
• • Problems B

Chapter C: The isospin formalism

• • C.1 Isospin operators
• • C.2 Isospin states
• • C.3 Isospin multiplets
• • C.3.1 Hadron states
• • C.4 Branching ratios
• • C.5 Spin states
• • Problems C

Chapter D: Gauge theories

• • D.1 Electromagnetic interactions
• • D.2 Gauge transformations
• • D.3 Gauge invariance and the photon mass
• • D.4 The gauge principle
• • D.5 The Higgs mechanism
• • D.5.1 Charge and current densities
• • D.5.2 Spin-0 bosons
• • D.5.3 Spontaneous symmetry breaking
• • D.6 Quantum chromodynamics
• • D.7 Electroweak interactions
• • D.7.1 Weak isospin
• • D.7.2 Gauge invariance and charged currents
• • D.7.3 The unification condition
• • D.7.4 Spin structure and parity violation
• • Problems D

Chapter E: Answers to selected questions