PERSPECTIVES ON LHC PHYSICS

by Gordon L. Kane (Editor)

Kane and Pierce (theoretical physics, U. of Michigan) and more than 20 contributors offer numerous perspectives on the expectations and anticipated discoveries from the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN in Geneva, Switzerland. The book includes an overview of the techniques critical to finding new physics at the LHC and perspectives on the significance and implications of those discoveries. Topics include dark matter, prospects for Higgs boson searches, a review of spin determination, and numerous additional subjects. Nobel Laureates Steven Weinberg and Frank Wilczek are among the contributors. Chapters include references. No subject index is included. Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Genres: Physics

337 pages, Hardcover

First published June 27, 2008

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.