The Standard Model -- Review of special relativity -- Quantum mechanics and the propagator -- Scattering processes and Feynman diagrams -- Photons and the electromagnetic field -- Processes with photons -- Cross section and dimensional analysis -- More on the Dirac equation -- Other forces: weak interactions -- The gauge principle -- Tthe gauge principle II -- Gauge symmetry: the matrix generalization -- Gauge symmetry: the matrix generalization II -- Back to particles and the strong nuclear force -- More on quantum chromodynamics (QCD) -- Mesons and baryons -- Spontaneous symmetry breaking -- Superconductivity and weak interactions -- Weak interactions and the story of mass -- CP-violation and matter vs antimatter -- Many big questions remain
| Author: V. P. Nair |
| Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company |
| Publication Date: Jan 05, 2018 |
| Number of Pages: NA pages |
| Language: English |
| Binding: Hardcover |
| ISBN-10: 9813227559 |
| ISBN-13: 9789813227552 |