From the Universe to the Elementary Particles A First Introduction to Cosmology and the Fundamental Interactions /

• Main Author: Ellwanger, Ulrich (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2012.
• Series: Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics
• Subjects: Physics.; Gravitation.; Astronomy.; Astrophysics.; Cosmology.; Nuclear physics.; Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology.; Particle and Nuclear Physics.; Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory.

In this book, the author leads the reader, step by step and without any advanced mathematics, to a clear understanding of the foundations of modern elementary particle physics and cosmology. He also addresses current and controversial questions on topics such as string theory. The book contains gent...

Table of Contents:

• Overview
• The Evolution of the Universe
• Elements of the Theory of Relativity
• The Theory of Fields
• Electrodynamics
• The Strong Interaction
• The Weak Interaction
• The Production of Elementary Particles
• Symmetries
• The Standard Model of Particle Physics
• Quantum Corrections and the Renormalization Group Equations
• Beyond the Standard Model
• Appendix.