Journeys beyond the standard model
By: Pierre Ramond
Series: Frontiers in physics -- v. 101
Publisher: Perseus Books
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 320
Subjects: Standard model (Nuclear physics); Neutrinos
Description: "Journeys Beyond the Standard Model starts with a detailed and modern account of the Standard Model of elementary particle physics, the paradigm of particle physics for the last twenty years. Its timely release coincides with the recent dramatic discovery that the neutrino has a finite mass, which is the first indication that the Standard Model is an incomplete description of fundamental physics at short distances.

This book presents in detail three possible generalizations of the standard model: its extension to accommodate neutrino masses; its extension to avoid CP violation in the strong interactions by introducing a new particle, the axion; and finally, its generalization to low-energy supersymmetry, which provides a link between the Standard Model and Einstein's theory of general relativity."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: "The advanced book program."

Includes bibliographical reference (p. 365-370) and index