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Particle Physics in the LHC Era (Paperback)
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Particle Physics in the LHC Era (Paperback)
Series: Oxford Master Series in Physics, 24
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This text gives an introduction to particle physics at a level
accessible to advanced undergraduate students. It is based on
lectures given to 4th year physics students over a number of years,
and reflects the feedback from the students. The aim is to explain
the theoretical and experimental basis of the Standard Model (SM)
of Particle Physics with the simplest mathematical treatment
possible. All the experimental discoveries that led to the
understanding of the SM relied on particle detectors and most of
them required advanced particle accelerators. A unique feature of
this book is that it gives a serious introduction to the
fundamental accelerator and detector physics, which is currently
only available in advanced graduate textbooks. The mathematical
tools that are required such as group theory are covered in one
chapter. A modern treatment of the Dirac equation is given in which
the free particle Dirac equation is seen as being equivalent to the
Lorentz transformation. The idea of generating the SM interactions
from fundamental gauge symmetries is explained. The core of the
book covers the SM. The tools developed are used to explain its
theoretical basis and a clear discussion is given of the critical
experimental evidence which underpins it. A thorough account is
given of quark flavour and neutrino oscillations based on published
experimental results, including some from running experiments. A
simple introduction to the Higgs sector of the SM is given. This
explains the key idea of how spontaneous symmetry breaking can
generate particle masses without violating the underlying gauge
symmetry. A key feature of this book is that it gives an accessible
explanation of the discovery of the Higgs boson, including the
advanced statistical techniques required. The final chapter gives
an introduction to LHC physics beyond the standard model and the
techniques used in searches for new physics. There is an outline of
the shortcomings of the SM and a discussion of possible solutions
and future experiments to resolve these outstanding questions. For
updates, new results, useful links as well as corrections to errata
in this book, please see the book website maintained by the
authors: https://pplhcera.physics.ox.ac.uk/
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