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This introductory book, intended for general audiences, covers a broad range of subjects in the elementary particle physics: gauge theory, quark model, parton model, quantum chromodynamics, Weinberg-Salam theory, CP-violation, spontaneous symmetry breaking, Higgs mechanism, Higgs particle, etc. Those subjects are explained, plainly and mostly without using equations. Revisions: Apr 22, 2016. In the ch.2, a mistake was fixed at calculating the change of mass by lifting the mass. Several translation errors to English from Japanese were fixed.Product Identifiers
PublisherCreatespace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN-101512142948
ISBN-139781512142945
eBay Product ID (ePID)216741470
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SubjectPhysics
LanguageEnglish
TypeTextbook
AuthorYoshiki Teramoto
FormatTrade Paperback (Us) ,Unsewn / Adhesive Bound, Paperback / Softback
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Date of Publication10/05/2015
Country of PublicationUnited States
Author BiographyYoshiki Teramoto was born in Kyoko, Japan in 1950. He graduated Osaka University and received his PhD on physics at Osaka City University in 1978. After working at Brookhaven National Laboratory, City University of New York, National Laboratory for High-Energy Physics in Japan, he is currently an associate professor for experimental particle physics at Osaka City University.
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