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• Preface
• Preface to the First Edition
• Contents
• 1 Hors d’œuvre
• 1.1 Fundamental Constituents of Matter
• 1.2 Fundamental Interactions
• 1.3 Symmetries and Conservation Laws
• 1.4 Experiments
• 1.5 Units
• Reference
• Part I Analysis: The Building Blocks of Matter
• 2 Global Properties of Nuclei
• 2.1 The Atom and Its Constituents
• 2.2 Nuclides
• 2.3 Parametrisation of Binding Energies
• 2.4 Charge Independence of the Nuclear Force and Isospin
• Problem
• References
• 3 Nuclear Stability
• 3.1 Beta Decay
• 3.2 Alpha Decay
• 3.3 Nuclear Fission
• 3.4 Decay of Excited Nuclear States
• Problems
• References
• 4 Scattering
• 4.1 General Observations About Scattering Processes
• 4.2 Cross-Sections
• 4.3 The “Golden Rule”
• 4.4 Feynman Diagrams
• Problems
• References
• 5 Geometric Shapes of Nuclei
• 5.1 Kinematics of Electron Scattering
• 5.2 The Rutherford Cross-Section
• 5.3 The Mott Cross-Section
• 5.4 Nuclear Form Factors
• 5.5 Inelastic Nuclear Excitations
• Problems
• References
• 6 Elastic Scattering Off Nucleons
• 6.1 Form Factors of the Nucleons
• 6.2 Quasi-elastic Scattering
• 6.3 Charge Radii of Pions and Kaons
• Problems
• References
• 7 Deep-Inelastic Scattering
• 7.1 Excited States of the Nucleons
• 7.2 Structure Functions
• 7.3 The Parton Model
• 7.4 The Quark Structure of Nucleons
• 7.5 Interpretation of Structure Functions in the Parton Model
• Problems
• References
• 8 Quarks, Gluons, and the Strong Interaction
• 8.1 Quarks in Hadrons
• 8.2 The Quark-Gluon Interaction
• 8.3 Scaling Violations of the Structure Functions
• 8.4 Flavour-separated Parton Distributions
• 8.5 Nuclear Effects in Deep-Inelastic Scattering
• Problems
• References
• 9 Particle Production in e+e- Collisions
• 9.1 Lepton Pair Production
• 9.2 Resonances
• 9.3 Non-resonant Hadron Production
• 9.4 Gluon Emission
• Problems
• References
• 10 Phenomenology of the Weak Interaction
• 10.1 Properties of Leptons
• 10.2 The Types of Weak Interactions
• 10.3 Coupling Strength of the Weak Interaction
• 10.4 The Quark Families
• 10.5 Parity Violation
• 10.6 Deep-Inelastic Scattering with Charged Currents
• Problems
• References
• 11 Neutrino Oscillations and Neutrino Mass
• 11.1 Lepton Families
• 11.2 Neutrino Oscillations
• 11.3 Neutrino Oscillation Experiments
• 11.4 Majorana Neutrinos?
• Problems
• References
• 12 Exchange Bosons of the Weak Interaction and the Higgs Boson
• 12.1 Real W and Z Bosons
• 12.2 Electroweak Unification
• 12.3 Width of the Z0 and the Number of Neutrinos
• 12.4 Symmetry Breaking
• 12.5 The Higgs Boson
• 12.6 Grand Unification
• Problem
• References
• 13 The Standard Model
• Reference
• Part II Synthesis: Composite Systems
• 14 Quarkonia
• 14.1 The Hydrogen Atom and Positronium Analogues
• 14.2 Charmonium
• 14.3 Quark-Antiquark Potential
• 14.4 The Chromomagnetic Interaction
• 14.5 Bottonium and Toponium
• 14.6 The Decay Channels of Heavy Quarkonia
• 14.7 Decay Widths as a Test of QCD
• Problems
• References
• 15 Mesons
• 15.1 Meson Multiplets
• 15.2 Meson Masses
• 15.3 Decay Channels
• 15.4 Neutral-Kaon Decay
• 15.5 CP Violation and the CKM Matrix
• Problems
• References
• 16 Baryons
• 16.1 The Production and Detection of Baryons
• 16.2 Baryon Multiplets
• 16.3 Baryon Masses
• 16.4 Magnetic Moments
• 16.5 Spin Structure of the Nucleon
• 16.6 Semileptonic Baryon Decays
• 16.7 How Good Is the Constituent-Quark Concept?
• Problems
• References
• 17 The Nuclear Force
• 17.1 Nucleon-Nucleon Scattering
• 17.2 The Deuteron
• 17.3 Nature of the Nuclear Force
• Problems
• References
• 18 The Structure of Nuclei
• 18.1 The Fermi Gas Model
• 18.2 Hypernuclei
• 18.3 The Shell Model
• 18.4 Deformed Nuclei
• 18.5 Spectroscopy Through Nuclear Reactions
• 18.6 Beta Decay of the Nucleus
• 18.7 Double Beta Decay
• Problems
• References
• 19 Collective Nuclear Excitations
• 19.1 Electromagnetic Transitions
• 19.2 Dipole Oscillations
• 19.3 Shape Oscillations
• 19.4 Rotational States
• Problems
• References
• 20 Nuclear Thermodynamics
• 20.1 Thermodynamical Description of Nuclei
• 20.2 Compound Nuclei and Quantum Chaos
• 20.3 The Phases of Nuclear Matter
• 20.4 Particle Physics and Thermodynamics in the Early Universe
• 20.5 Stellar Evolution and Element Synthesis
• Problems
• References
• 21 Many-Body Systems in the Strong Interaction
• Reference
• Appendix A
• A.1 Accelerators
• A.2 Detectors
• A.3 Combining Angular Momenta
• A.4 Physical Constants
• Solutions to Problems
• Chapter 2
• Chapter 3
• Chapter 4
• Chapter 5
• Chapter 6
• Chapter 7
• Chapter 8
• Chapter 9
• Chapter 10
• Chapter 11
• Chapter 12
• Chapter 14
• Chapter 15
• Chapter 16
• Chapter 17
• Chapter 18
• Chapter 19
• Chapter 20
• References
• Index