Preface
Part 1 Introduction
Matter and light
Special relativity
Quantum mechanics
Relativistic quantum theory
Part 2 Basic particle physics
The fundamental forces
Symmetry in the microworld
Mesons
Strange particles
Part 3 Strong interaction physics
Resonance particles
SU(3) and quarks
Part 4 Weak interaction physics Ⅰ
The violation of parity.
Fermi's theory of the weak interactions
Two neutrinos
Neutral kaons and CP violation
Part 5 Weak' interaction physics Ⅱ
The current-current theory of the weak interactions
An example leptonic process electron-neutrino scattering
The weak interactions of hadrons
The W boson
Part 6 Gauge theory of the weak interactions
Motivation for the theory
Gauge theory
Spontaneous symmetry breaking
The Glashow-Weinberg-Salam model
Consequences of the model
The hunt for the W, Z bosons
Part 7 Deep inelastic scattering
Deep inelastic processes
Electron-nucleon scattering
The deep inelastic microscope
Neutrino-nucleon scattering
The quark model of the structure
functions
Part 8 Quantum chromodynamics the theory of quarks
Coloured quarks
Colour gauge theory
Asymptotic freedom
Quark confinement
Part 9 Electron-positron collisions
Probing the vacuum
Quarks and charm
Another generation
Part 10 The Standard Model and beyond
The Standard Model of particle physics
Precision tests of the Standard Model
Flavour mixing and CP violation revisited
The hunt for the Higgs boson
Neutrino masses and mixing
Is there physics beyond the Standard Model?
Grand unification
Supersymmetry
Particle physics and cosmology
Superstrings
Appendices
Units and constants
Glossary
List of symbols
Bibliography
Elementary particle data
Name index
Subject index