Non-accelerator Particle Physics, (Studies in High Energy Physics, Cosmology, and Gravitation)

Features

• Cover Type: Hard Cover with 534 pages
• Published by: Taylor & Francis September 28, 1995
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0750303050
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0750303057
• Book Dimensions: 9.8 x 6.5 x 1.2 inches
• Weighs: 2.4 pounds

Product Review
" a remarkably complete overview Anyone interested in non-accelerator particle physics should at least have a look at this superb book." -- Physicalia

"this is an important book, well liked by professionals in the field, and deserves to be read by a wider audience." -- Contemporary Physics

"This book is an outstanding and timely volume Virtually no topic of interest has been left out it is a superb new addition to the field of particle theory and phenomenology and it fills a gap in the literature in the field. It can be wholeheartedly recommend to all practising and aspiring particle physicists." -- Journal of Physics G

Product Description
The past decade has seen the emergence and rapid development of particle physics experiments performed in underground laboratories and other non-accelerator installations. Such work allows profound questions of particle physics beyond the capabilities of modern accelerators to be attacked. At a time when elementary particle physics has reached a stage at which it places extreme requirements on new generations of accelerators, such work increases in importance. This book provides a comprehensive and accessible introduction to this interdisciplinary field of physics, bringing together research in particle and nuclear physics with astrophysics and cosmology. The first three chapters describe the current Standard Models of particle physics and cosmology, including an account of the limitations of particle accelerators and the need for non-accelerator experiments to tackle many unsolved problems in fundamental physics and astrophysics. Chapters 4-12 discuss in detail major open questions including proton decay, neutron oscillations and electric dipole moment, neutrino mass, double beta decay, neutrino oscillations, magnetic monopoles, dark matter, fractionally charged particles, the fifth force, and time dependence of natural constants. Each chapter gives the theoretical background and discusses experimental techniques currently being used or planned. copy_featured F