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| Preface | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Elements of the Standard Model of Particle Physics | |
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| Leptons | |
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| Quarks | |
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| The Fundamental Interactions | |
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| Problems | |
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| For Further Reading | |
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| References | |
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| Lagrangian Formalism and Conservation Laws | |
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| Hamilton's Principle | |
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| Free Field Theory Examples | |
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| Symmetries and Conservation Laws | |
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| Problems | |
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| For Further Reading | |
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| References | |
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| The Idea of Gauge Invariance | |
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| Historical Preliminaries | |
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| Gauge Invariance in Classical Electrodynamics | |
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| Phase Invariance in Quantum Mechanics | |
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| Significance of Potentials in Quantum Theory | |
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| Phase Invariance in Field Theory | |
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| Feynman Rules for Electromagnetism | |
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| Problems | |
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| For Further Reading | |
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| References | |
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| Non-Abelian Gauge Theories | |
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| Motivation | |
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| Construction | |
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| Some Physical Consequences | |
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| Assessment | |
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| Problems | |
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| For Further Reading | |
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| References | |
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| Hidden Symmetries | |
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| The Idea of Spontaneously Broken Symmetries | |
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| Spontaneous Breaking of Continuous Symmetries | |
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| Spontaneous Breaking of a Gauge Symmetry | |
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| The Sigma Model | |
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| Spontaneous Breaking of a Non-Abelian Symmetry | |
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| Prospects | |
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| Problems | |
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| For Further Reading | |
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| References | |
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| Electroweak Interactions of Leptons | |
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| An Effective Lagrangian for the Weak Interactions | |
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| Intermediate Vector Bosons: A First Look | |
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| The Standard Electroweak Theory of Leptons | |
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| Neutral-Current Interactions among Leptons | |
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| The Higgs Boson: A First Look | |
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| The Higgs Boson, Asymptotic Behavior, and the 1-TeV Scale | |
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| Neutrino Mixing and Neutrino Mass | |
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| Renormalizability of the Theory | |
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| Interim Assessment | |
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| Problems | |
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| For Further Reading | |
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| References | |
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| Electroweak Interactions of Quarks | |
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| The Standard Electroweak Theory: Preliminaries | |
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| Electroweak Gauge Bosons | |
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| Electron-Positron Annihilations | |
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| Deeply Inelastic Lepton-Hadron Scattering | |
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| Hadron-Hadron Interactions | |
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| Further Tests of the Electroweak Theory | |
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| A Brief Look at Quantum Corrections | |
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| The Scale of Fermion Masses | |
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| Search for the Higgs Boson | |
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| Incompleteness of the Electroweak Theory | |
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| The Hierarchy Problem | |
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| The Vacuum Energy Problem | |
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| Reflections | |
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| Problems | |
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| For Further Reading | |
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| References | |
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| Strong Interactions among Quarks | |
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| A Color Gauge Theory | |
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| Charge Renormalization in Electrodynamics | |
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| The Running Coupling Constant in QCD | |
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| Perturbative QCD: A First Example | |
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| QCD Corrections to Deeply Inelastic Scattering | |
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| Jets in Hadron-Hadron Collisions | |
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| Two-Photon Processes and the Photon-Structure Function | |
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| Color Confinement | |
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| QCD-induced Electroweak Symmetry Breaking | |
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| The 1/N Expansion | |
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| Strong-Interaction Symmetries | |
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| Assessment | |
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| Problems | |
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| For Further Reading | |
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| References | |
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| Unified Theories | |
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| Why Unify? | |
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| The SU(5) Model | |
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| Coupling-Constant Unification | |
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| Nucleon Decay | |
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| The Baryon Number of the Universe | |
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| The Problem of Fermion Masses | |
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| Assessment | |
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| Problems | |
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| For Further Reading | |
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| References | |
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| Epilogue | |
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| Notations and Conventions | |
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| Four-Vectors and Scalar Product | |
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| Dirac Matrices | |
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| Trace Theorems and Tensor Contractions | |
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| Dirac Equation and Dirac Spinors | |
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| Color Algebra | |
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| Weyl-van der Waerden Spinors | |
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| References | |
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| Observables and Feynman Rules | |
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| Phase-Space Formulas: Decay Rates and Cross Sections | |
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| Feynman Rules: Generalities | |
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| Feynman Integrals | |
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| Regularization Procedures | |
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| Feynman Rules: Electrodynamics | |
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| For Further Reading | |
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| References | |
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| Physical Constants | |
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| For Further Reading | |
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| Author Index | |
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| Subject Index | |