MAU44406
The Standard Model of Elementary Particle Physics
Academic year 2019-20, Hilary term
Reading Material
- Text books
This module is not based on any single text book. There is a great number of books written for a variety of
intended audiences. A few good introductory text books are listed below. Some may appear old but bear in mind
that the Standard Model hasn't changed since the 80's.
- David Griffiths ``Introduction to Elementary Particles'', Wiley-VCH 2nd edition, 2008
- Ian J.R. Aitchison, Anthony J.G. Hey, ``Gauge Theories in Particle Physics", Hilger, Bristol, 1982 (The 3rd edition from 2003 has been significantly extended and consists of 2 volumes)
- Francis Halzen, Alan D. Martin, ``Quarks & Leptons: An Introductory Course in Modern Partile Physics'', Wiley, New York, 1984
- Howard Georgi, ``Weak Interactions And Modern Particle Theory'', Benjamin/Cummings, Menlo Park, 1984
- Online material
- A very useful reference is the Particle Data Book which published bi-annually by the Particle Data Group. The book contains tables and listings of all particles with their properties, as well as summary and review articles about many topics in particle physics. All the material is available online here: PDG
- Summer/winter school lectures: There are a number of good introductory lecture notes from various summer/winter schools aimed at beginning postgraduate students.
- QFT text books
The natural habitat for the Standard Model is Quantum Field Theory (QFT). While this course will try to keep the
needs for QFT to a minimum here are a few standard references:
1. J.D. Bjorken, S.D. Drell, ``Relativistic Quantum Mechanics'', McGraw Hill, 1964
2. J.D. Bjorken, S.D. Drell, ``Relativistic Quantum Fields'', McGraw Hill, 1965
3. M.E. Peskin, D.V. Schroeder, ``An Introduction to Quantum Field Theory'', Westview Press, 1995
4. C. Itzykson, J.-B. Zuber, ``Quantum Field Theory'', McGraw Hill, 1985