Beyond the standard model of elementary particle physics /

• Main Author: Nagashima, Yorikiyo (Author)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Weinheim, Germany : Wiley-VCH Verlag, [2014]
• Edition: First edition.
• Subjects: Nuclear astrophysics.; Particles (Nuclear physics); Physics.; Quantum electrodynamics.; SCIENCE > Physics > Quantum Theory.; Electronic books.

"A unique and comprehensive presentation on modern particle physics which stores the background knowledge on the big open questions beyond the standard model, as the existence of the Higgs-boson, or the nature of Dark Matter and Dark Energy"--Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents:

• Higgs
• Neutrino
• Grand unified theories
• Supersymmetry I: basics
• Supersymmetry II: phenomenology
• Extra dimensions
• Cosmology I: big bang universe
• Cosmology II: structure formation
• Dark matter
• Dark energy
• Appendix A: Virial theorem
• Appendix B: Chandrasekhar mass
• Appendix C: Production of KK gravitons
• Appendix D: Homotopy
• Appendix E: General relativity
• Appendix F: Tensor spherical harmonic function
• Appendix G: Destiny of the cosmos
• Appendix H: Answers to some problems.