How Long to Read Gauge Theories in Particle Physics, Volume II

How Long Does it Take to Read Gauge Theories in Particle Physics, Volume II?

It takes the average reader 8 hours and 11 minutes to read Gauge Theories in Particle Physics, Volume II by I.J.R. Aitchison

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Description

This is the second volume of the third edition of a successful text, now substantially enlarged and updated to reflect developments over the last decade in the curricula of university courses and in particle physics research. Volume I covered relativistic quantum mechanics, electromagnetism as a gauge theory, and introductory quantum field theory, and ended with the formulation and application of quantum electrodynamics (QED), including renormalization. Building on these foundations, this second volume provides a complete, accessible, and self-contained introduction to the remaining two gauge theories of the standard model of particle physics: quantum chromodynamics (QCD) and the electroweak theory. The treatment significantly extends that of the second edition in several important respects. Simple ideas of group theory are now incorporated into the discussion of non-Abelian symmetries. Two new chapters have been added on QCD, one devoted to the renormalization group and scaling violations in deep inelastic scattering and the other to non-perturbative aspects of QCD using the lattice (path-integral) formulation of quantum field theory; the latter is also used to illuminate various aspects of renormalization theory, via analogies with condensed matter systems. Three chapters treat the fundamental topic of spontaneous symmetry breaking: the (Bogoliubov) superfluid and the (BCS) superconductor are studied in some detail; one chapter is devoted to the implications of global chiral symmetry breaking in QCD; and one to the breaking of local SU(2)xU(1) symmetry in the electroweak theory. Weak interaction phenomenology is extended to include discussion of discrete symmetries and of the possibility that neutrinos are Majorana (rather than Dirac) particles. Most of these topics are normally found only in more advanced texts, and this is the first book to treat them in a manner accessible to the wide readership that the previous editions have attracted.

How long is Gauge Theories in Particle Physics, Volume II?

Gauge Theories in Particle Physics, Volume II by I.J.R. Aitchison is 484 pages long, and a total of 122,936 words.

This makes it 163% the length of the average book. It also has 150% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Gauge Theories in Particle Physics, Volume II Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 11 hours and 11 minutes to read Gauge Theories in Particle Physics, Volume II aloud.

What Reading Level is Gauge Theories in Particle Physics, Volume II?

Gauge Theories in Particle Physics, Volume II is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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