Quarks, Leptons and Gauge Fields (2nd Edition)

by Kerson Huang

Book Overview

This is perhaps the most up-to-date book on Modern Elementary Particle Physics. The main content is an introduction to Yang-Mills fields, and the Standard Model of Particle Physics. A concise introduction to quarks is provided, with a discussion of the representations of SU(3).The Standard Model is presented in detail, including such topics as the Kobayashi-Maskawa matrix, chiral symmetry breaking, and the θ-vacuum. Theoretical topics of a more...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9810206607
• ISBN13: 9789810206604
• Release Date: October 1992
• Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
• Length: 348 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"