Electroweak theory / / E.A. Paschos.
The electroweak theory unifies two basic forces of nature: the weak force and electromagnetism. This 2007 book is a concise introduction to the structure of the electroweak theory and its applications. It describes the structure and properties of field theories with global and local symmetries, lead...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge : : Cambridge University Press,, 2023. |
| Year of Publication: | 2023 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Language: | English |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiii, 245 pages) :; illustrations (black and white), digital, PDF file(s) |
| Notes: | Previously issued in print: 2007. |
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Table of Contents:
- Preface; Part I. The Road to Unification: 1. The electromagnetic current and its properties; 2. The weak currents; 3. The quark model; Part II. Field Theories with Global or Local Symmetries: 4. Yang-Mills theories; 5. Spontaneous breaking of symmetries; 6. Construction of the model; 7. The Higgs mechanism in the Glashow-Salam-Weinberg model; 8. The leptonic sector; 9. Incorporating hadrons; Part III. Experimental Consequences and Comparisons: 10. Deep inelastic scattering; 11. Charged current reactions; 12. Neutral currents in semileptonic reactions; 13. Physics of neutrinos; 14. Heavy quarks; 15. CP violation: K mesons; 16. CP violation: D and B mesons; 17. Higgs particles; Epilogue; Appendix A. Conventions, spinors, and currents; Appendix B. Cross sections and traces; Appendix C. Identities for quark bilinears; Index.