Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface to the first edition
- Preface to the second edition
- 1 The building blocks of the atom
- 2 Physical laws for small particles
- 3 The discoveries of the 1930s and 1940s
- 4 Particle accelerators — or from hunters to farmers
- 5 Strange particles
- 6 Basic forces and the classification of particles
- 7 Conservation laws
- 8 Short-lived particles
- 9 To the quarks — via the eightfold way
- 10 More quarks — or charm, truth and beauty
- 11 The Standard Model and beyond
- Appendix 1 Properties of semi-stable particles
- Appendix 2 The Greek alphabet
- Name index
- Subject index
Appendix 1 - Properties of semi-stable particles
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 August 2012
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface to the first edition
- Preface to the second edition
- 1 The building blocks of the atom
- 2 Physical laws for small particles
- 3 The discoveries of the 1930s and 1940s
- 4 Particle accelerators — or from hunters to farmers
- 5 Strange particles
- 6 Basic forces and the classification of particles
- 7 Conservation laws
- 8 Short-lived particles
- 9 To the quarks — via the eightfold way
- 10 More quarks — or charm, truth and beauty
- 11 The Standard Model and beyond
- Appendix 1 Properties of semi-stable particles
- Appendix 2 The Greek alphabet
- Name index
- Subject index
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- The Particle Hunters , pp. 289Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1996