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.
VOLUME 1
INTRODUCTORY SURVEY, ELECTROMAGNETISM AS A GAUGE THEORY, AND RELATIVISTIC QUANTUM MECHANICS
The Particles and Forces of in the Standard Model
Electromagnetism as a Gauge Theory
Relativistic Quantum Mechanics
Lorentz Transformations and Discrete Symmetries
INTRODUCTION TO QUANTUM FIELD THEORY
Quantum Field Theory I: The Free Scalar Field
Quantum Field Theory II: Interacting Scalar Fields
Quantum Field Theory III: Complex Scalar Fields, Dirac and Maxwell Fields; Introduction of Electromagnetic Interactions
TREE-LEVEL APPLICATIONS IN QED
Elementary Processes in Scalar and Spinor Electrodynamics
Deep Inelastic Electron-Nucleon Scattering and the Parton Model
LOOPS AND RENORMALIZATION
Loops and Renormalization I: The ABC Theory
Loops and Renormalization II: QED
APPENDIX A: Non-Relativistic Quantum Mechanics
APPENDIX B: Natural Units
APPENDIX C: Maxwell's Equations: Choice of Units
APPENDIX D: Special Relativity: Invariance and Covariance
APPENDIX E: Dirac Delta-Function
APPENDIX F: Contour Integration
APPENDIX G: Green Functions
APPENDIX H: Elements of Non-Relativistic Scattering Theory
APPENDIX I: The Schrödinger and Heisenberg Pictures
APPENDIX J: Dirac Algebra and Trace Identities
APPENDIX K: Example of a Cross Section Calculation
APPENDIX L: Feynman Rules for Tree Graphs in QED
References
Index
VOLUME 2
NON-ABELIAN SYMMETRIES
Global Non-Abelian Symmetries
Local Non-Abelian (Gauge) Symmetries
QCD AND THE RENORMALIZATION GROUP
QCD I: Introduction, Tree-Graph Predictions, and Jets
QCD II: Asymptotic Freedom, the Renormalization Group, and Scaling Violations
Lattice Field Theory and the Renormalization Group Revisited
SPONTANEOUSLY BROKEN SYMMETRY
Spontaneously Broken Global Symmetry
Chiral Symmetry Breaking
Spontaneously Broken Local Symmetry
WEAK INTERACTIONS AND THE ELECTROWEAK THEORY
Introduction to the Phenomenology of Weak Interactions
CP Violation and Oscillation Phenomena
The Glashow-Salam-Weinberg Gauge Theory of Electroweak Interactions
APPENDIX M: Group Theory
APPENDIX N: Geometrical Aspects of Gauge Fields
APPENDIX O: Dimensional Regularization
APPENDIX P: Grassmann Variables
APPENDIX Q: Feynman Rules for Tree Graphs in QCD and the Electroweak Theory
References
Index
Problems appear at the end of each chapter.
