The Standard Model in the Making: Precision Study of the Electroweak Interactions

The standard model in particle physics unifies the theories of electromagnetic and weak interactions. Much work has been over the last decade, and this book describes some of the leading experimental tests of the model. It is unique in collecting in one volume all of the formulas, recipes, and prescriptions necessary for testing the theory and will be an invaluable tool as experiments move into higher energies. It aims to give a comprehensive exposition of the foundations of the Standard Model and its applications to high energy phenomena.

The standard model in particle physics unifies the theories of electromagnetic and weak interactions. Much work has been over the last decade, and this book describes some of the leading experimental tests of the model. It is unique in collecting in one volume all of the formulas, recipes, and prescriptions necessary for testing the theory and will be an invaluable tool as experiments move into higher energies. It aims to give a comprehensive exposition of the foundations of the Standard Model and its applications to high energy phenomena.

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Rather than a systematic presentation of quantum field theory from first principles, Bardin (nuclear problems, JINR, Dubna, Russia) and Passarino (theoretical physics, U. of Turin, Italy) to some degree celebrate the fact that the theory agrees with the data and that currently the numerical agreement is unequivocal. Discussing the structure of the perturbative expansion by viewing the theory in its true relation with precision experiments, they begin with the Lagrangian of the Standard Model, then present all the details needed to derive the results and all relevant formulas, recipes, and prescriptions needed to construct loop corrections and improvements in quantum field theory. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Laboratory of Nuclear Problems of JINR, Dubna

University of Turin