| Preface | |
| The Standard Model | |
| 1 | Survey | 1 |
| 2 | Relativistic Notation, Lagrangians, Currents, and Interactions | 15 |
| 3 | Gauge Invariance | 35 |
| 4 | Non-Abelian Gauge Theories | 43 |
| 5 | Dirac Notation for Spin | 55 |
| 6 | The Standard Model Lagrangian | 71 |
| 7 | The Electroweak Theory and Quantum Chromodynamics | 81 |
| 8 | Masses and the Higgs Mechanism | 97 |
| 9 | Cross Sections, Decay Widths, and Lifetimes; W and Z Decays | 117 |
| 10 | Production of W[actual symbol not reproducible] and Z[superscript 0] | 133 |
| 11 | Measurement of Electroweak and QCD Parameters; the Muon Lifetime | 145 |
| 12 | Accelerators - Present and Future | 157 |
| 13 | Experiments and Detectors | 167 |
| 14 | Low Energy and Non-Accelerator Experiments | 177 |
| 15 | Quarks, Confinement, Light Mesons, Baryons, Jets, and Glueballs | 179 |
| 16 | Light Mesons, Baryons, and Strong Isospin | 189 |
| 17 | Heavy Quarks (c, b, t) | 195 |
| 18 | Deep Inelastic Scattering and Structure Functions | 205 |
| 19 | e+e- Colliders and Tests of the Standard Model | 217 |
| 20 | Coupling Strengths Depend on the Momentum Transfer and on Virtual Particles | 229 |
| 21 | Production and Detection of a Higgs Boson | 243 |
| 22 | Quark (and Lepton) Mixing Angles | 255 |
| 23 | Quark and Hadron Masses | 261 |
| 24 | CP Violation | 263 |
| 25 | Why the t-Quark and the [tau]-Neutrino Must Exist | 267 |
| Applications of the Standard Model to Questions Beyond the Standard Model | |
| 26 | Open Questions | 273 |
| 27 | Grand Unification | 277 |
| 28 | Supersymmetry | 293 |
| 29 | Neutrino Masses? | 303 |
| App. A. Angular Momentum and Spin and SU(2) | 313 |
| App. B. Some Group Theory | 319 |
| App. C. Some Relativistic Kinematics | 327 |
| App. D. The Point Cross Section | 331 |
| App. E. When Are Our Approximations Not Valid? | 333 |
| App. F. Lagrangians and Symmetries; The Euler-Lagrange Equations | 335 |
| Bibliography | 339 |
| Index | 345 |
Format: Paperback, 1st ed., 352 pages
