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Elementary Particle Physics

Concepts and Phenomena

  • Textbook
  • © 1990

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Authors:
  1. Otto Nachtmann

    1. Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Federal Republic of Germany

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Part of the book series: Theoretical and Mathematical Physics (TMP)

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Table of contents (27 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
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  2. Relativistic Kinematics and Quantum Fields

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Introduction

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      Pages 3-9

    3. The Theory of Special Relativity and Relativistic Kinematics

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      Pages 10-32

    4. Particles and Fields

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      Pages 33-54

    5. The Dirac Equation and the Dirac Field

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      Pages 55-79

    6. The Scattering Matrix and the Scattering Cross-Section

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      Pages 80-93

  3. Quantum Electrodynamics

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 95-95
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    2. Introductory Remarks

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      Pages 97-100

    3. The Quantization of the Free Electromagnetic Field

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      Pages 101-113

    4. Further Aspects of the Theory of the Free Dirac Field

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      Pages 114-120

    5. Electromagnetic Coupling and the Perturbation Expansion

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      Pages 121-127

    6. Simple Reactions in Quantum Electrodynamics

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      Pages 128-141

    7. The Muon and Muon Pair Production in Electron-Positron Annihilation

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      Pages 142-148

    8. External Fields

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      Pages 149-159

    9. Positronium

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      Pages 160-170

    10. Radiative Corrections

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      Pages 171-178

  4. The Strong Interaction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 179-179
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    2. Historical Overview

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      Pages 181-194

    3. Phenomenology of Hadronic Reactions

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      Pages 195-222
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About this book

This book grew-how could it be otherwise?-out of a series oflectures which the author held at the University of Heidelberg. The purpose ofthese lectures was to give an introduction to the phenomenology of elementary particles for students both of theoretical and experimental orientation. With the present book the author has set himself the same aim. The reader is assumed to be familiar with ordinary nonrelativistic quantum mechanics as presented, e.g., in the following books: Quantum Mechanics, by L.1. Schiff (McGraw-Hill, New York, 1955); Quantum Mechanics, Vol. I, by K. Gottfried (W.A. Benjamin, Reading, Ma., 1966). The setup of the present book is as follows. In the first part we present some basic general principles and concepts which are used in elementary particle physics. The reader is supposed to learn here the "language" of particle physics. An introductory chapter deals with special relativity, of such funda­ mental importance for particle physics, which most ofthe time is high energy, i.e., highly relativistic physics. Further chapters of this first part deal with the Dirac equation, with the theory of quantized fields, and with the general definitions of the scattering and transition matrices and the cross-sections.

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  • Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Federal Republic of Germany

    Otto Nachtmann

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