Introduction to Particle and Astroparticle Physics Multimessenger Astronomy and its Particle Physics Foundations /

This book introduces particle physics, astrophysics and cosmology. Starting from an experimental perspective, it provides a unified view of these fields that reflects the very rapid advances being made. This new edition has a number of improvements and has been updated to include material on the Hig...

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1. Verfasser: De Angelis, Alessandro (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Cham : Springer International Publishing, 2018.
Ausgabe:2nd ed. 2018.
Schriftenreihe:Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics,
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ISBN:9783319781815
ISSN:2192-4791
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Inhaltsangabe:
  • Understanding the universe: particles and their interactions
  • The birth and the basics of particle physics
  • Cosmic rays and the development of particle physics
  • Particle detection
  • Particles and symmetries
  • Interactions and field theories
  • The Higgs mechanism and the standard model of particle physics
  • The standard model of cosmology and the dark universe
  • Neutrino oscillations and masses
  • Messengers from the high-energy universe
  • Astrobiology, and the relation of fundamental physics to life.