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Moffat, John W.

Title Cracking the particle code of the universe : the hunt for the Higgs boson / John W. Moffat.

Publication Info.	Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2014]
	2014

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Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe ProQuest E-Book	Electronic Book	---	Available

Description	1 online resource (257 pages) : illustrations
	text rdacontent
	computer rdamedia
	online resource rdacarrier
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Prelude : CERN, April 2008 -- What is everything made of? -- Detecting subatomic particles -- Group theory and gauge invariance -- Looking for something new at the LHC -- The Higgs particle/field and weak interactions -- Data that go bump in the night -- Trying to identify the 125 GeV bump -- Electroweak gauge theories -- The discovery of a new boson : is it the Higgs or not? -- Do we live in a naturally tuned universe? -- The last word until 2016 -- Glossary.
Note	Description based on print version record.
Subject	Higgs bosons.
	Particles (Nuclear physics)
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Added Title	Hunt for the Higgs boson
Other Form:	Print version: Moffat, John W. Cracking the particle code of the universe : the hunt for the Higgs boson. Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2014] xv, 232 pages 9780199915521 (DLC) 2013029713
ISBN	9780199915521 (alk. paper)
	9780199915538 (electronic bk.)