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The second edition of this successful textbook is fully updated to include the discovery of the Higgs boson and other recent developments, providing undergraduate students with complete coverage of the basic elements of the standard model of particle physics for the first time. Physics is emphasised over mathematical rigour, making the material accessible to students with no previous knowledge of elementary particles. Important experiments and the theory linked to them are highlighted, helping students appreciate how key ideas were developed.…
Fully updated to include the discovery of the Higgs boson, as well as other recent developments, providing undergraduate students with complete coverage of the basic elements of the standard model
Physics is emphasised over mathematical rigour, and covers important experiments and the theory linked to them, enabling students to understand the development of key ideas
Over 250 problems, sixty of which are new to this edition, help students apply the theory with a focus on physics rather than mathematics
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Author
Alessandro Bettini,Università degli Studi di Padova, Italy
Alessandro Bettini is Emeritus Professor of Physics at the University of Padua, Italy, where he has been teaching experimental, general and particle physics for forty years. An experimentalist in subnuclear physics for the Italian National Institute for Nuclear Physics (INFN), he is presently the Director of the Canfranc Underground Laboratory in Spain.