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Halzen, F.

Quarks and leptons : an introductory course in modern particle physics / Francis Halzen and Alan D. Martin. - First Edition - xvi, 396 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Includes index.

Bibliography: pages 381-384.

A Preview of Particle Physics. -- Symmetries and Quarks. -- Antiparticles. -- Electrodynamics of Spinless Particles. -- The Dirac Equation. -- Electrodynamics of Spin-1/2 Paritcles. -- Loops, Renormalization, Running Coupling Constants, and All That. -- The Structure of Hadrons. -- Partons. -- Quantum Chromodynamics. -- Annihilation and QCD. -- Weak Interactions. -- Electroweak Interactions. -- Gauge Symmetries. -- The Weinberg-Salam Model and Beyond.

This self-contained text describes breakthroughs in our understanding of the structure and interactions of elementary particles. It provides students of theoretical or experimental physics with the background material to grasp the significance of these developments.

ISBN: 0471887412 9780471887416

LCCN: 83014649

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Quarks
Leptons (Nuclear physics)
Leptons (física nuclear)

LC Class. No.: QC793.5.Q2522 / H34 1984

Dewey Class. No.: 539.721