A Tour of the Subatomic Zoo
A Guide to Particle Physics
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Beschreibung
This popular book introduces the ideas, terminology, and techniques of high-energy physics. Views of matter from the atom down to the quark are discussed historically, in language that is accessible to readers who have no physics background.
New edition updated to include new information about the Large Hadron Collider and the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider, as well as the Atlas and CMS detectors
Includes new information on how accelerators are used in medical diagnosis and treatment as well as how particle physics has impacted other fields such as biology, chemistry, and computing
Discusses recent advancements on Higgs boson, string theory, supersymmetry, and ends with a treatment of open questions in the field
Includes many new diagrams and illustrations
Autor*in
S. Glashow
Themen in »A Tour of the Subatomic Zoo«
Higgs boson Large hadron collider (LHC) Particle physics String theory Theory of supersymmetry adopted-textbook NY