Modern Elementary Particle Physics: Quarks, Leptons, And Their Interactions

by Gordon L. Kane

Revised and updated from the 1987 version. Rather than giving a historical treatment, the author explains the modern standard model and the gauge theory of the interactions of quarks and leptons via exchange of photons, W and Z bosons, and gluons. The treatment avoids technical details, but fully explains the basic physics involved. Open questions and directions of future research are discussed and problem sets are included.

Genres: Physics, Science

400 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1988

About the author

Gordon Kane is the Victor Weisskopf Collegiate Professor of Physics at the University of Michigan, and the director of the Michigan Center for Theoretical Physics. He was awarded the Lilienfeld Prize of the American Physical Society, and is the author of The Particle Garden.

Reviews

[Skymeson Rolnick]

Good overview of Particle Physics with a bit of the theory presented in a very elementary way.

[Dimitri · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book attempts to introduce the basic concepts of particle physics and the Standard Model, while avoiding the intricacies of Quantum Field Theory. A solid background in Quantum Mechanics is required. In my opinion, it does a decent enough job.