An Introduction To Gauge Theories And Modern Particle Physics 2 Volume Hardback Set (cambridge Monographs On Particle Physics, Nuclear Physics And Cosmology) (vol.1)

An introduction to gauge theories and modern particle physics Volume 1 Electroweak interactions, the "new particles" and the parson model E LLI OT LEADER ENRICO PREDAZZI CAMBRIDGE MONOGRAPHS ON PARTICLE PHYSICS, NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND COSMOLOGY 3 The revolution in elementary particle physics sparked by the unearthing of the bizarre J/'Y particle in 1974 and followed by the discovery of the equally mysterious -r and T particles, led to a beautiful interweaving of theory and experiment culminating in the Salam-Weinberg theory of electroweak interactions and the quantum chromodynamic (QCD) theory of strong interactions. The extraordinary prediction of the W and Z° bosons was fulfilled in 1983, and it is now possible to produce Z° in millions. The emphasis today is on refined testing of the detailed quantitative predictions of the theories, and, to match this, more sophisticated calculations are demanded. This book presents, in two volumes, a comprehensive and unified treatment of modern theoretical and experimental particle physics at a level accessible to beginning research students. The emphasis throughout is on presenting underlying physical principles in a simple and intuitive way, and the more sophisticated methods demanded by present-day research interests are introduced in a very gradual and gentle fashion. Volume 1 covers electroweak interactions, the discovery and properties of the `new' particles, the discovery of partons and the construction and predictions of the simple parton model. Volume 2 deals at some length with CP violation, but is mainly devoted to QCD and its application to `hard' processes. A brief coverage of soft hadronic physics and of non-perturbative QCD is included. This work will provide a comprehensive reference and textbook for all graduate students and researchers interested in modern particle physics. CAMBRIDGE MONOGRAPHS ON PARTICLE PHYSICS, NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND COSMOLOGY 3 General Editors: T. Ericson, P. V. Landshoff AN INTRODUCTION TO GAUGE THEORIES AND MODERN PARTICLE PHYSICS, VOLUME 1 CAMBRIDGE MONOGRAPHS ON PARTICLE PHYSICS, NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND COSMOLOGY K. Winter (ed.): Neutrino Physics J. F. Donoghue, E. Golowich and B. R. Holstein: Dynamics of the Standard Model 3. E. Leader and E. Predazzi: An Introduction to Gauge Theories and Modern Particle Physics, Volume 1: Electroweak interactions, the `new particles' and the parton model 4. E. Leader and E. Predazzi: An Introduction to Gauge Theories and Modern Particle Physics, Volume 2: CP violation, QCD and hard processes 1. 2. AN INTRODUCTION TO GAUGE THEORIES AND MODERN PARTICLE PHYSICS, VOLUME 1 Electroweak interactions, the `new particles' and the parton model ELLIOT LEADER Birkbeck College, University of London ENRICO PREDAZZI University of Torino AMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS Published by the Press Syndicate of the University of Cambridge The Pitt Building, Trumpington Street, Cambridge CB2 1RP 40 West 20th Street, New York, NY 10011-4211, USA 10 Stamford Road, Oakleigh, Melbourne 3166, Australia © Cambridge University Press 1996 First published 1996 A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress cataloguing in publication data Leader, Elliot, 1935An introduction to gauge theories and modern particle physics / Elliot Leader, Enrico Predazzi. p. cm. - (Cambridge monographs on particle physics, nuclear physics, and cosmology; 3-4) Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents: v. 1. Electroweak interacti