revelations of particle secrets Rolnick, William B. creator ebrary, Inc text bibliography Electronic books. nju New Jersey World Scientific c2003 2003 monographic eng

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xxii, 287 p. : ill. About questions and answers -- The matter we know : properties and principles -- The relativity of space and time -- The quantum properties of nature, part one -- The quantum properties of nature, part two -- Quantum mechanical reality -- The particles of matter -- The basic interactions -- Spacetime symmetries -- "Internal" symmetries : isotopic spin -- Particle flavors -- A larger flavor symmetry : entrance to the land of quarks -- About gauge theories -- The strong interaction : quantum chromodynamics (QCD) -- The weak interaction : the foot-hills -- The electroweak interaction and the standard model -- Above and beyond -- The role of experiments and experimentalists -- The experimental connection -- Particle accelerators and detectors. William B. Rolnick. Includes bibliographical references and index. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Particles (Nuclear physics) Symmetry (Physics) Standard model (Nuclear physics) QC793.2 .R653 2003eb 539.7/2 http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10255419 http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10255419 CaPaEBR 050811 ebr10255419