| Description |
xxii, 287 p. : ill. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
About questions and answers -- The matter we know : properties and principles -- The relativity of space and time -- The quantum properties of nature, part one -- The quantum properties of nature, part two -- Quantum mechanical reality -- The particles of matter -- The basic interactions -- Spacetime symmetries -- "Internal" symmetries : isotopic spin -- Particle flavors -- A larger flavor symmetry : entrance to the land of quarks -- About gauge theories -- The strong interaction : quantum chromodynamics (QCD) -- The weak interaction : the foot-hills -- The electroweak interaction and the standard model -- Above and beyond -- The role of experiments and experimentalists -- The experimental connection -- Particle accelerators and detectors. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Subject |
Particles (Nuclear physics)
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Symmetry (Physics)
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Standard model (Nuclear physics)
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
ProQuest (Firm)
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| ISBN |
9812380604 |
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9812381465 (pbk.) |
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