Gauge Theories in Particle Physics A Practical Introduction

The second edition of this highly successful text has been made even more accessible to graduate students new to the subject and to experimentalists. This edition is significantly different from the first. It starts with a basic, low-level description of the physical phenomena that gave us the quark/lepton/gauge theory point of view. This is followed by elementary gauge theory ideas and then more detailed calculations.Since publication of the first edition, the experimental discovery of the W and Z bosons (predicted by the electroweak gauge theory) and quarks (strong interaction) has led to the Standard Model becoming widely accepted. This edition includes a discussion of this new experimental evidence.Aitchison, Ian J. is the author of 'Gauge Theories in Particle Physics A Practical Introduction', published 1990 under ISBN 9780852743287 and ISBN 0852743289.