Understanding the universe from quarks to the cosmos - Lincoln, Don 1964- (World Scientific, 2012)
The Big Bang, the birth of the universe, was a singular event. All of the matter of the universe was concentrated at a single point, with temperatures so high that even the familiar protons and neutrons of atoms did not yet exist, but rather were replaced by a swirling maelstrom of energy, matter and antimatter. Exotic quarks and leptons flickered briefly into existence, before merging back into the energy sea. This book explains the fascinating world of quarks and leptons and the forces that govern their behavior. Told from an experimental physicist's perspective, it forgoes mathematical comp
Includes bibliographical references (pages 525-533) and index
Foreword; Preface to Revised Edition; Preface to First Edition; Acknowledgements; 1. Early History; First Musings; Better Living through Chemistry; May the Force Be with You; 2. The Path to Knowledge (History of Particle Physics); Cathode Rays; X-Rays; Radioactivity; The Discovery of the Electron; The Nature of the Atom; The Nature of the Nucleus; Quantum Mechanics: An Intermission; Beta Radiation and the Neutrino; More Forces; Something to Make Your Head Spin; Cosmic Rays: Particles from the Heavens; The Antimatter Electron; Who Ordered That?; Strange "V" Particles
Neutrinos Get Even More Complicated3. Quarks and Leptons; Quarks and Mesons; Quarks and Baryons; A Colorful World; First Evidence for Quarks; Discovery of More Quarks and Leptons; Discovery of the Top Quark; Return of the Leptons; 4. Forces: What Holds it All Together; Gravity; Electromagnetism; The Strong Force; The Weak Force; Forces and Feynman Diagrams; Feynman Diagrams and the Strong Force; Jets: The Subatomic Shotgun; Proton Structure: The Miniature Lightning Storm; Feynman Diagrams and the Weak Force; Discovery of the Top Quark; 5. Hunting for the Higgs; Mass, Parity and Infinities
The Higgs SolutionHiggs by Analogy I; Higgs the Way Scientists Think; Higgs by Analogy II; Desperately Seeking Higgs; The Current Search Story; 6. Accelerators and Detectors: Tools of the Trade; A Drive through Fermilab; Not All Accelerators Are in Cars; Not All Rings Are for Engagements; The New Kids on the Block; Targets and Beam Types; Enter Antimatter; Accelerators of the World; Particle Detectors: The World's Biggest Cameras; Ionization and Tracking; Calorimeters: Measuring Energy; One Detector: Many Technologies; Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous; Water Is for More Than Just Drinking