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A new workbook from the author of A General Relativity Workbook. The book is designed to offer multiple paths through the material so that instructors can choose what to emphasize.
A Standard Model Workbook provides upper-level undergraduates a one-semester introduction to the Standard Model of particle physics. Its classroom-tested workbook design offers multiple paths through the material, consisting of short chapters that provide an overview of a topic followed by opportunities for students to work out the details for themselves, concluding with homework problems to further develop students' understanding of the concepts. This allows students to truly own the materials by working through it and allows instructors to construct an active, student-centered class.
Topics include a review of special relativity and quantum mechanics; the Lagrangian mechanics of fields; some basic quantum field theory; Feynman diagrams; solutions to the Dirac equation; the U(1), SU(2), and SU(3) symmetries and their implications for electrodynamics; the electroweak theory and quantum chromodynamics; renormalization; the Higgs mechanism; fermion and neutrino masses; experimental tests and applications of the Standard Model; and a look at possibilities beyond the Standard Model.
Contents
Chapter 1. Introduction
Section I. Relativity: Chapter 2. Special Relativity; Chapter 3. Index Notation
Section II. Classical Fields: Chapter 4. A Classical Scalar Field; Chapter 5. The Klein-Gordon Equation; Chapter 6. Noether's Theorem
Section III. Quantum Mechanics: Chapter 7. Basic Quantum Mechanics; Chapter 8. Operators and Time Evolution; Chapter 9. Angular Momentum; Chapter 10. Feynman Diagram Quick Start
Section IV. Quantum Field Theory: Chapter 11. Creation and Annihilation Operators; Chapter 12. The Quantized Scalar Field; Chapter 13. Interactions and Feynman Diagrams
Section V. Connection to Experiment: Chapter 14. Fermi's Golden Rule; Chapter 15. Toy Universe Predictions
Section VI. Spin - ½ Particles: Chapter 16. The Dirac Equation; Chapter 17. Transforming Dirac Spinors; Chapter 18. Quantizing the Dirac Field
Section VII. The Electroweak Theory: Chapter 19. Electromagnetism from U(1); Chapter 20. Quantum Electrodynamics; Chapter 21. Renormalization; Chapter 22. Applications of QED; Chapter 23. The Weak Interaction from SU(2); Chapter 24. The Weak Interaction's Leftist Bias; Chapter 25. The Unified Electroweak Theory
Section VIII. Particle Masses: Chapter 26. The Higgs Mechanism; Chapter 27. Fermion Masses and Mixing; Chapter 28. Neutrino Masses and Mixing; Chapter 29. Applications of the Electroweak Theory
Section IX. Chromodynamics: Chapter 30. Chromodynamics from SU(3); Chapter 31. Applications of QCD
Section X. And Beyond!: Chapter 32. Beyond the Standard Model
Appendix A. Potentials From Interactions; Index
