Introduction to Particle and Astroparticle Physics Questions to the Universe /

• Main Authors: De Angelis, Alessandro (Author), Pimenta, Mário João Martins (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Milano : Springer Milan : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2015.
• Series: Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics,
• Subjects: Physics.; Astronomy.; Astrophysics.; Cosmology.; Nuclear physics.; Astrophysics and Astroparticles.; Particle and Nuclear Physics.; Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology.

This book, written by researchers who had been professionals in accelerator physics before becoming leaders of groups in astroparticle physics, introduces both fields in a balanced and elementary way, requiring only a basic knowledge of quantum mechanics on the part of the reader. The early history...

Table of Contents:

• Understanding the universe: particles and their interactions
• The birth and the basics of particle physics
• Cosmic rays and the development of particle physics
• Particle detection
• Particles and symmetries
• Interactions and field theories
• The Higgs mechanism and the standard model of particle physics
• The standard model of cosmology and the dark universe
• Neutrino oscillations and masses
• Messengers from the high-energy universe
• Astrobiology, and the relation of fundamental physics to life.