Evolution of Particle till Higgs Boson
Subtitle: History of Particles
Publisher: Createspace - Amazon
Published: Jan 2016
Place of publication: Bangalore,India
Format: paper back
Number of pages: 28
ISBN-13: 9781523301300
Description: The book is an outline of all discoveries and ideas since 6th century on particle physics. The new discovery of Higgs boson tracing back to its origin, aiming to help anyone with curiosity to understand the particle nature better. The book surfaces all the prominent works of scientists until the discovery of the higgs and further advancements made at various particle accelerators across the world. An effort has been made for a systematic study and flow of events which lead to today's discoveries.
Table of contents: title: 1. INTRODUCTION; title: 􀁸 What is a particle?; title: 􀁸 Characteristics of a particle and its classification; title: 2. HISTORY OF PARTICLE PHYSICS/NUCLEAR PHYSICS; title: 􀁸 Dalton’s contribution – atomic theory; title: 􀁸 Fundamental discoveries; title: 􀁸 Birth of quantum physics 1920., – new laws and; title: possibilities; title: 􀁸 Dirac introduction with success of Bohr’s atomic theory,; title: old quantum theory period; title: 􀁸 Einstein’s contribution; title: 􀁸 Inside atom; title: 3. THE PARTICLE ZOO; title: 􀁸 Particles-standard model-introduction to higgs; title: 􀁸 Super conducting super collider-SSC; title: 􀁸 Feynman’s magic – no ordinary genius; title: 4. HIGGS PARTICLE; title: 􀁸 History-an inspiring story; title: 􀁸 Working and applications of higgs