Cahn lawrence berkeley national laboratory gerson goldhaber lawrence berkeley national laboratory and university of california at berkeley. Introduction 5 experimental elementary particle physics 300916 the question to nature in epp. William donnelly this textbook brings together nuclear and particle physics, presenting a balanced overview of both fields as well as the interplay between the two. The standard model or particle physics 101 nick hadley quarknet, july 7, 2003.
Introduction to experimental particle physics by richard. Thomson discovered the electron in 1897 and the electron remains the prototype of an elementary particle, while many other particles discovered between then and today have lost that status. Experimental particle physics at the university of alabama consists of collider physics research with the cms experiment at cern, direct dark matter search with the lz experiment, and a diverse group of neutrino projects. Elementary particle physics from theory to experiment. Modern particle physics will mainly use halzenmartin, but kane and thompson are also very useful texts. Particle physics sits at the forefront of our search for the ultimate structure of matter at the smallest scale, but in the process it has also learned to question the nature of our space and time in which they exist. Electroweak symmetry breaking, heavy flavor physics, searches for physics beyond the standard model, matterantimatter asymmetry, dark matter, singlephoton detection, neutrino properties, dark energy, instrumentation and detector development. Cahn skip to main content accessibility help we use cookies to distinguish you from other users and to provide you with a better experience on our websites.
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