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The fourth edition of this well-established,
highly regarded two-volume set continues to provide a
fundamental introduction to advanced particle physics
while incorporating substantial new experimental
results, especially in the areas of CP violation and
neutrino oscillations. It offers an accessible and
practical introduction to the three gauge theories
included in the Standard Model of particle physics:
quantum electrodynamics (QED), quantum chromodynamics
(QCD), and the Glashow-Salam-Weinberg (GSW) electroweak
theory.
In the first volume, a new chapter on Lorentz
transformations and discrete symmetries presents a
simple treatment of Lorentz transformations of Dirac
spinors. Along with updating experimental results, this
edition also introduces Majorana fermions at an early
stage, making the material suitable for a first course
in relativistic quantum mechanics.
Covering much of
the experimental progress made in the last ten years,
the second volume remains focused on the two non-Abelian
quantum gauge field theories of the Standard Model: QCD
and the GSW electroweak theory. A new chapter on CP
violation and oscillation phenomena describes CP
violation in B-meson decays as well as the main
experiments that have led to our current knowledge of
mass-squared differences and mixing angles for
neutrinos. Exploring a new era in particle physics, this
edition discusses the exciting discovery of a boson with
properties consistent with those of the Standard Model
Higgs boson. It also updates many other topics,
including jet algorithms, lattice QCD, effective
Lagrangians, and three-generation quark mixing and the
CKM matrix.
This revised and updated edition provides
a self-contained pedagogical treatment of the subject,
from relativistic quantum mechanics to the frontiers of
the Standard Model. For each theory, the authors discuss
the main conceptual points, detail many practical
calculations of physical quantities from first
principles, and compare these quantitative predictions
with experimental results, helping readers improve both
their calculation skills and physical insight.
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