The book provides theoretical and phenomenological insights on
the structure of matter, presenting concepts and features of
elementary particle physics and fundamental aspects of nuclear
physics.
Starting with the basics (nomenclature, classification,
acceleration techniques, detection of elementary particles), the
properties of fundamental interactions (electromagnetic, weak and
strong) are introduced with a mathematical formalism suited to
undergraduate students. Some experimental results (the discovery of
neutral currents and of the W and Z0 bosons; the quark structure
observed using deep inelastic scattering experiments) show the
necessity of an evolution of the formalism. This motivates a more
detailed description of the weak and strong interactions, of the
Standard Model of the microcosm with its experimental tests, and of
the Higgs mechanism. The open problems in the Standard Model of the
microcosm and macrocosm are presented at the end of the book. For
example, the CP violation currently measured does not explain the
matter-antimatter asymmetry of the observable universe; the
neutrino oscillations and the estimated amount of cosmological dark
matter seem to require new physics beyond the Standard Model. A
list of other introductory texts, work reviews and some specialized
publications is reported in the bibliography.
Translation from the Italian Language Edition
"Particelle e interazioni fondamentali" by Sylvie Braibant, Giorgio
Giacomelli, and Maurizio Spurio
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