Quarks and Gluons
Quarks and Gluons
Par:M Y Han
Publié le 1999-02-25 par World Scientific
Our journey in search of the origin of matter — and, by extension, the origin of the Universe itself — has taken us deeper and deeper inside atoms. First to come into view was the atomic nucleus, and still further downscale the individual protons and neutrons that constitute the nucleus. At least for three decades, nucleons (protons and neutrons) were considered to be our final destination. Then, peering into them, we detected shadows of yet another layer of matter that lurks inside. Unable so far to crack open a nucleon and bring out one of these shadowy objects for observation and measurement, we can only guess what they are. We have named them quarks. We believe that two types of quarks — one named “up” and the other “down” — make up the proton and the neutron. Quarks are held together by a force dubbed the chromo force, represented by particles named gluons, which are just as unseen as quarks. So it is the quarks and gluons that lie at the bottom of all known matter! In this important book, the major developments in atomic, nuclear, particle and quark physics over the past one hundred years are presented in a style that is both accessible to the layperson and of value to the expert. It provides a brief history of particles, charting the discovery of electrons and photons, antimatter, atomic nuclei, strong and weak forces, and quarks and gluons. In particular, it traces the concept of “conserved charges”, a phenomenon that is consistently manifested in each of these milestone developments in modern physics. Contents:Prologue: A Century of Particle Charges(1) The Electron: The Quantum of Electricity(2) Mass: E = mc2 and All That(3) The Photon: No Charge, No Mass(4) The Spin: If It's Round, It Rolls(5) Antimatter: A Mirror Image(6) The Nucleus: A Whole New Ball Game(7) The Strong Force I: Nucleons(8) The Weak Force: A Whisper in the Night(9) The Strong Force II: Hadrons(10) The Quark: The Queen of Fractions(11) The Origin of Quarks and GluonsEpilogue: More Quarks, More Leptons and More ChargesAppendices: Annotated ChronologyPowers of TenNobel Prizes in Physics Readership: All levels from high school onwards. Keywords:Reviews: “In his new book, the author introduces us to the world of particles … He traces the century of progress in our search for the basic units of matter as well as those of the forces that act on it, starting from the electron and photon, the first entry in the list of elementary quantum particles, and ending up with the quarks and gluons discovered in the last decades of this century. He gives the curious layman a clear understanding of the forefront of our knowledge about the structure of matter at its deepest level.” Y Nambu University of Chicago “This is a readable little book on particle physics and is aimed at those with no previous exposure to the subject … Nevertheless, as one would expect from a leading contributor to the field, Han takes care to get things right even when using simple language, as for example in his discussion of spin.” CERN Courier
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