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Written in a semi-popular style for those with a general physics background
Explains in clear arguments and real-world applications the importance of this elusive subatomic particle
Injects a human element through its recounting of the history and scientists behind neutrino physics
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Table of contents (28 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Part II
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Front Matter
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Part III
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Front Matter
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About this book
We first start with an introduction to the basics of subatomic physics, including brief backgrounds on the discoveries that set the stage for major 20th century advances. The author, a distinguished theoretical physicist who has researched neutrinos for over thirty years, next explains in nontechnical language how and why the neutrino fits into the wider story of elementary particles. Finally, the reader will learn about the latest discoveries in the past half century of neutrino studies.
This semi-popular science book will appeal to any physics students or non-specialist physicists who wish to know more about the neutrino and its role in the evolution of our universe.
Authors and Affiliations
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Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, USA
Rabindra N. Mohapatra
About the author
Mohapatra has worked extensively on neutrino physics. He is one of the proponents of the seesaw mechanism for neutrino masses and the left-right symmetric theories of weak interactions. He is also the co-proponent of the new particle related to neutrino mass called the “majoron.” He suggested the idea of neutron-anti-neutron oscillation, which led to many experimental searches for this process.
Mohapatra has several seminal papers on grand unified theories of particles and forces. He also co-authored a paper on the possibility that there may be a small violation of the celebrated Pauli Exclusion Principle in Quantum Mechanics, which led to several experimental searches for this effect. Mohapatra published a single-author book on “Unification and Supersymmetry: Frontiers of Quark Lepton Physics” published by Springer-Verlag, which went into third edition in 2003, and coauthored a book on “Massive Neutrinos in Physics and Astrophysics” published by World Scientific, which also went into a third edition in 2004.
Mohapatra is a fellow of the American Physical Society and a fellow of the Indian National Academy of Science. He was awarded the Humboldt Prize in 2005 for his research on neutrinos and was awarded the Distinguished Scientists award by the American chapter of the Indian physicists association in 2000. He was awarded the degree of Doctor of Science by the North Orissa University.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Neutrino Story: One Tiny Particle’s Grand Role in the Cosmos
Authors: Rabindra N. Mohapatra
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-51846-2
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-51845-5Published: 06 November 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-51846-2Published: 05 November 2020
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 222
Number of Illustrations: 16 b/w illustrations, 48 illustrations in colour
Topics: Particle and Nuclear Physics, Cosmology, Astrophysics and Astroparticles