Cracking the particle code of the universe : the hunt for the Higgs boson
Title:
Cracking the particle code of the universe : the hunt for the Higgs boson
Author:
Moffat, John W.
ISBN:
9780199915538
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (257 pages) : illustrations
Contents:
Prelude : CERN, April 2008 -- What is everything made of? -- Detecting subatomic particles -- Group theory and gauge invariance -- Looking for something new at the LHC -- The Higgs particle/field and weak interactions -- Data that go bump in the night -- Trying to identify the 125 GeV bump -- Electroweak gauge theories -- The discovery of a new boson : is it the Higgs or not? -- Do we live in a naturally tuned universe? -- The last word until 2016 -- Glossary.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
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