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Dynamics of the Standard Model

By: John F. Donoghue,Eugene Golowich,Barry R. Holstein

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Dynamics of the Standard Model

By: John F. Donoghue,Eugene Golowich,Barry R. Holstein

Focusing on the techniques by which the model can produce information about real observed phenomena, this book provides a detailed account of the Standard Model of particle physics. Following an account of the theory, the major part of the text is concerned with its application to the calculation of physical properties of particles.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521476526

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9780521476522

A Prelude to Quantum Field Theory

By: John Donoghue,Lorenzo Sorbo

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A Prelude to Quantum Field Theory

By: John Donoghue,Lorenzo Sorbo

A Prelude to Quantum Field Theory offers a short introduction to quantum field theory (QFT), a powerful framework for understanding particle behavior that is an essential tool across many subfields of physics. A subject that is typically taught at the graduate level in most physics departments, quantum field theory is a unification of standard quantum theories and special relativity, which depicts all particles as "excitations" that arise in underlying fields. It extends quantum mechanics, the modern theory of one or few particles, in a way that is useful for the analysis of many-particle systems in the real world. As it requires a different style of thinking from quantum mechanics, which is typically the undergraduate physics student's first encounter with the quantum world, many beginners struggle with the transition to quantum field theory, especially when working with traditional textbooks. Existing books on the subject often tend to be large, sophisticated, and complete; and an overwhelming wealth of information and technical detail makes it difficult for the novice to discern what is most important. This book is a concise, friendly entrée for QFT-beginners, guiding the reader from the style of quantum mechanical thinking to that of QFT, and distilling the key ideas without a welter of unnecessary detail. In contrast with standard texts, which are predominantly particle physics-centric, this book is designed to be "subfield-neutral" - usable by students of any background and interest, and easily adaptable in a course setting according to instructors' preferences. The authors' conviction is that QFT is a core element of physics that should be understood by all PhD physicists-but that developing an appreciation for it does not require digesting a large, encyclopedic volume"--

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Princeton University Press

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0691223483

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University Management, the Academic Profession, and Neoliberalism

By: John S. Levin,Marie C. Martin,Ariadna I. López Damián

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University Management, the Academic Profession, and Neoliberalism

By: John S. Levin,Marie C. Martin,Ariadna I. López Damián

This book examines tensions and challenges in the professional lives and identities of contemporary academics. Drawing on extensive interviews conducted over seven years with academics in the United States and the United Kingdom, the authors analyze the experiences of four types of academics as they respond and adjust to the demands of neoliberalism: part-time faculty, full-time faculty, department heads and chairs, and deans. While critical of this phenomenon, University Management, the Academic Profession, and Neoliberalism also recognizes that neoliberalism cannot be driven out of academia easily or without serious consequences, such as a perilous loss of revenue and public support. Instead, it works to shed light on the complex—sometimes contradictory, sometimes complementary—relationship between market values and academic values in the roles and behaviors of faculty and administrators. In providing an unprecedented in-depth, data-based look at the management of the academic profession, the book will be of interest not only to educational researchers but also to professionals throughout higher education.

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State University of New York Press

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1438479115

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9781438479118

Dynamics of the Standard Model

By: John F. Donoghue,Eugene Golowich,Barry R. Holstein

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Dynamics of the Standard Model

By: John F. Donoghue,Eugene Golowich,Barry R. Holstein

Describing the fundamental theory of particle physics and its applications, this book provides a detailed account of the Standard Model, focusing on techniques that can produce information about real observed phenomena. The book begins with a pedagogic account of the Standard Model, introducing essential techniques such as effective field theory and path integral methods. It then focuses on the use of the Standard Model in the calculation of physical properties of particles. Rigorous methods are emphasized, but other useful models are also described. This second edition has been updated to include recent theoretical and experimental advances, such as the discovery of the Higgs boson. A new chapter is devoted to the theoretical and experimental understanding of neutrinos, and major advances in CP violation and electroweak physics have been given a modern treatment. This book is valuable to graduate students and researchers in particle physics, nuclear physics and related fields.

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1139915584

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Dynamics of the Standard Model

Dynamics of the Standard Model

A Prelude to Quantum Field Theory

A Prelude to Quantum Field Theory

University Management, the Academic Profession, and Neoliberalism

University Management, the Academic Profession, and Neoliberalism

Dynamics of the Standard Model

Dynamics of the Standard Model

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