The physics of elementary particles
The Physics of Elementary Particles details the physical principles that govern the behavior of elementary particles. The title focuses on discussing the theoretical concepts of elementary particles. The text first tackles the discovery and classification of the elementary particles, and then procee...
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Oxford, New York,
Pergamon Press
[1965]
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Table of Contents:
- Front Cover; The Physics of Elementary Particles; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; CHAPTER 1. THE DISCOVERY AND CLASSIFICATION OF THE ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; 1.1 Early Work with the Cosmic Radiation; 1.2 The Neutrino; 1.3 Conservation Laws and Elementary Particles; 1.4 Strange Particles; 1.5 On the Existence of Further Particles; CHAPTER 2. THE INTRINSIC PROPERTIES OF THE PARTICLES; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 The Measurement of Mass; 2.3 The Measurement of Lifetime; 2.4 The Measurement of Spin; 2.5 Gyromagnetic Ratios and Magnetic Moments
- 5.1 The Lorentz Transformation and the Invariance Properties of Physical Systems5.2 Gauge Transformations; 5.3 Continuous Rotations and Displacements; 5.4 Space Reflection and Parity; 5.5 Charge Conjugation; 5.6 Time Reversal; 5.7 Combined reflections; CHAPTER 6. THE INTERACTION OF FIELDS I WAVE FUNCTIONS, PHASE SHIFTS AND POTENTIALS; 6.1 The Method of Partial Waves; 6.2 The Scattering of Polarised Particles; 6.3 Scattering by a Potential- the Born Approximation; CHAPTER 7. THE INTERACTION OF FIELDS II THE S-MATRIX; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 The S-matrix
- 7.3 The Transition Amplitude and the S-matrix7.4 The Transition Probability; 7.5 Some Properties of the Transition Amplitude; CHAPTER 8. THE INTERACTION OF FIELDS III SPECIFIC FORMS FOR THE 5-MATRIX; 8.1 The Interaction Representation; 8.2 The Iteration Solution of the S-matrix, Covariant Perturbation Theory; 8.3 A Specific Example-The Photon-Electron Interaction; 8.4 Ordering Theorems; 8.5 Graphs; 8.6 Evaluation of the S-matrix Elements; 8.7 Particle Interactions and Coupling Strengths; 8.8 Field Theory-A Reformulation; 8.9 The Reduction of the S-matrix Element
- CHAPTER 3. PRELIMINARIES TO A QUANTISED FIELD THEORY3.1 Introduction and Statement of the Problem; 3.2 Résumé of the Special Theory of Relativity; 3.3 Relativistic Wave Equations; 3.4 The Development of a Classical Field Equation; CHAPTER 4. THE QUANTUM THEORY OF NON-INTERACTING FIELDS; 4.1 Some Features from Quantum Mechanics; 4.2 Quantised Field Theories; 4.3 The Klein-Gordon (Scalar) Field; 4.4 The Electromagnetic (Vector) Field; 4.5 The Dirac (Spinor) Field; 4.6 The Covariant Commutation Relations; CHAPTER 5. THE SYMMETRY PROPERTIES OF FREE FIELDS
- CHAPTER 9. THE INTERACTION OF FIELDS IV THE INVARIANCE PROPERTIES OF INTERACTING SYSTEMS9.1 Introduction; 9.2 Symmetry Properties and Reflections; 9.3 The Behaviour of Interactions under Continuous Transformations; 9.4 Isospin and Strangeness; 9.5 The Invariance Laws and the Properties of the Bosons; CHAPTER 10. THE INTERACTION OF FIELDS V DISPERSION RELATIONS AND RELATED TOPICS; 10.1 Introduction; 10.2 Basic Forms for Dispersion Relations; 10.3 Dispersion Relations for Forward Scattering; 10.4 The Mandelstam Representation; 10.5 Regge Poles and Trajectories