Chapter 1
Introduction
In this course I shall discuss nuclear and
particle physics on a somewhat phenomenological level. The
mathematical sophistication shall be rather limited, with an
emphasis on the physics and on symmetry aspects.
Course text:
W.E. Burcham and M. Jobes,
Nuclear and Particle Physics,
Addison Wesley Longman Ltd, Harlow, 1995.
Supplementary references
- B.R. Martin and G. Shaw,
Particle Physics, John Wiley and
sons, Chicester, 1996. A solid book on particle physics,
slightly more advanced than this course.
- G.D. Coughlan and J.E.
Dodd,
The ideas of particle physics,
Cambridge University Press, 1991. A more hand waving but more
exciting introduction to particle physics. Reasonably up to
date.
- N.G. Cooper and G.B.
West (eds.),
Particle Physics: A Los Alamos
Primer, Cambridge University Press, 1988. A bit less
up to date, but very exciting and challenging book.
- R. C. Fernow,
Introduction to experimental Particle
Physics, Cambridge University Press. 1986. A good
source for experimental techniques and technology. A bit too
advanced for the course.
- F. Halzen and A.D.
Martin,
Quarks and Leptons: An introductory
Course in particle physics, John Wiley and Sons, New
York, 1984. A graduate level text book.
- F.E. Close,
An introduction to Quarks and
Partons, Academic Press, London, 1979. Another highly
recommendable graduate text.
- The particle adventure:
. A very
nice–but slightly low level–introduction to
particle physics.