The book develops clearly the theoretical concepts from the electromagnetic and weak interactions of leptons and quarks to the strong interactions of quarks. Each chapter ends with problems, with ...

Exploring the four pillars of modern physics – relativity, quantum mechanics, elementary particles and cosmology – this clear and lively account will interest anyone who has wondered what Einstein, ...

quarks, leptons, and bosons. It is a very comprehensive framework backed by extensive experimental evidence and is the foundation of modern particle physics. The Standard Model extends the ...

Particle physics is the study of the elementary ... are summarised by the standard model. This includes leptons (such as the electron), the quarks that make up protons and neutrons, and gauge ...