An authoritative, hands-on introduction to the foundational theory and
experimental tests of particle physics
The Standard Model is an elegant and extremely successful theory that
formulates the laws of fundamental interactions among elementary
particles. This incisive textbook introduces students to the physics of
the Standard Model while providing an essential overview of modern
particle physics, with a unique emphasis on symmetry principles as the
starting point for constructing models. The Standard Model equips
students with an in-depth understanding of this impressively predictive
theory and an appreciation of its beauty, and prepares them to interpret
future experimental results.
- Describes symmetry principles of growing complexity, including Abelian
symmetries and their application in QED, the theory of electromagnetic
interactions, non-Abelian symmetries and their application in QCD, the
theory of strong interactions, and spontaneously broken symmetries and
their application in the theory of weak interactions
- Derives the Lagrangian that implements these symmetry principles and
extracts the phenomenology that follows from it, such as elementary
particles and accidental symmetries
- Explains how the Standard Model has been experimentally tested,
emphasizing electroweak precision measurements, flavor-changing
neutral current processes, neutrino oscillations, and cosmology
- Demonstrates how to extend the model to address experimental and
observational puzzles, such as neutrino masses, dark matter, and the
baryon asymmetry of the universe
- Features a wealth of problems drawing from the latest research
- Ideal for a one-semester graduate course and an invaluable resource
for practitioners
- Online solutions manual (available only to instructors)
