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Interested Reader (verified owner) –
The previous reviewer seems to be reviewing the Standard Model and not the book.
This book, considering to whom it was intended, is the best I’ve seen. The style and organization of the material makes you realize the author is a gifted teacher, a generous one at that, he just doesn’t state results, he guides and illuminates with plenty of alacrity the structure of the theory. His writing is clear and flows, you are not distracted with the jerky style of some authors.
Of course you must meet the prerequisites, if you don’t, it could be tough going. Someone trying to enter the field in a serious way should read this book first!
The book’s appearance, font and spacing, is attractive.
For me it was a joy to have read this book.
Lawrence S. Peak (verified owner) –
This looks like an excellent book with a sensible mixture of both theory and experiment. It covers all the latest issues and I would be happy to recommend it for any senior courses.
Kevin Lynch (verified owner) –
Finally, a particle physics text that doesn’t suck eggs!
Update: After working with this text to prepare my class for this fall semester, I’m even more impressed with it than I was originally. It’s extremely well written, at the right level for the intended audience, and thoroughly modern in presentation and outlook. It really conveys the way modern particle physicists approach the field. Just as importantly is what it leaves out: all the ancient approaches to the field – historically relevant and powerful though they may be – that tend to confuse the novice. It also eschews the historical approach to the field that many other texts use to their detriment. For instructors, the solutions manual is fantastic! It’s one of the few solutions manuals I’ve ever seen that is self-contained … the statement of every problem is repeated right before the solution. No more need to have both the text and the solutions manual open at the same time to figure out what problem is being answered!
David (verified owner) –
I am not usually inclined to write reviews but in this case.. what a wonderful book. This text makes the world of particle physics accessible to those with a college level physics background and a basic understanding of quantum mechanical principles, relativity, and linear algebra. I am in the medical profession but have a degree in physics from 1977. I think that the text is written at an upper level undergraduate level. For those who want to see the math at a basic level this is as good as it gets. The author has gone to great effort to write out all of the mathematical detail which is often lacking in other books. The Higgs boson, gauge theory, electroweak mixing, quantum chromodynamics are all written with great clarity. I am very happy with my purchase.
VectorAngelo (verified owner) –
Excellent! Simple and clearly explained. Good binding and paper quality. worthed every buck i paid!
D.M. (verified owner) –
This book is absolutely incredible. The amount of care that has been put into it can be easily overlooked. The derivations of everything are complete, clear, convincing, and I learn a LOT just from reading through them. As a bonus, the end-of-chapter problems facilitate mastery of the material, not busy-work.
Great for any physics majors or anybody with enough mathematical background to follow the author’s important mathematical derivations.The first few chapters provide good contextual background, and one could reasonably understand this book having only taken an introductory modern physics course.
Moritz B (verified owner) –
Habe das Buch komplett gelesen für die Mastervorlesung “Teilchenphysik” im M.Sc. Physik. Das Werk deckt alles Einführende ab, was man vom experimentalphysikalischen Standpunkt aus wissen muss. Als Einstieg in die Materie sehr zu empfehlen, da gut erläutert und sehr übersichtlich!
Brian Aicheler (verified owner) –
This is a reasonably advanced text and ideal for studying the topic at second or final year first degree in theoretical and experimental physics. It is well laid out and well presented. It is certainly a good introduction for anyone embarking on a career as a physicist. A good knowledge of Quantum mechanics is required as well as a reasonable knowledge of Quantum Field theory makes this text an excellent companion.
Mr. C. D. Finlay (verified owner) –
This is a really good book and a worthy successor to Halzen and Martin, or even the first volume of Bjorken and Drell. The author shows that the key calculations in relativistic particle physics can be obtained from a relativistic generalisation of Fermi’s golden rule and a knowledge of the equations of motion for relativistic particles of spin 0, 1/2 and 1. It is not a book on quantum field theory nevertheless the reader who is prepared for some hard work will come away with a working knowledge of the Standard model of particle physics. That should be enough for most people.
It is interesting that a knowledge of quantum field theory is not needed to understand the key calculations perhaps quantum field theory is not as important as some people think or make out.
I would recommend the book to anyone who wants to get up to speed on the standard model and who felt a bit cheated by their undergraduate degree in physics which did not really cover the topic in any great detail.
Vladyslav (verified owner) –
Can’t find a better Particle Physics review textbook.
Bruno78 (verified owner) –
Très bon livre pédagogique où un certain nombre de démonstrations sont détaillées et expliquées. Je recommande ce livre.
Benjamin Strekha (verified owner) –
The author writes that this book is based on a final-year undergraduate lecture course that he gave at the University of Cambridge and that the only prerequisites are quantum mechanics and special relativity. I would say that this is definitely true and the author succeeding in writing a particle physics book for such an audience. This book is a great book, well-suited for final-year undergraduate physics students or introductory graduate physics students.
It is definitely not the most rigorous book on particle physics with sophisticated discussions on quantum fields. This book should be used as an introduction to the Standard Model, where one learns what the Standard Model is about and how to do some scattering calculations. This book also discusses important particle physics experiments much more than, say, David Griffith’s particle physics textbook. If you are interested in not just learning the theory and like to read about the key experiments that relate to the theory, this book is a good introduction. However, the derivation of the Feynman rules is only briefly discussed and the derivation is sketched. You will need to read a more advanced textbook if you want a rigorous discussion of the Feynman rules. But there are plenty of books for more advanced topics, so this shouldn’t be viewed as a problem with this textbook. Overall, this book achieves the goals that the author had in mind and if you fall under the intended audience then I think you will enjoy the book.
Vladislav Zakharov (verified owner) –
This company sent me the illigal international edition lol. Quality and contents of the book itself are fine; I probably just got ripped off a little.
The material is presented very well though. I think the author did a very good job.
math_guy51 (verified owner) –
Prof. Thomson is the author of the most up to date and “user friendliest” book Particle Physics book !
His explanation of (and derived equations with ) Chirality vs. Helicity states is worth the price of the book !
This is definitely the book to own if you want to learn and get up to speed with Modern Particle Physics.
The section of Neutrino oscillations (and their detection via Nuclear Reactor sources) is unique to this text .
I’d recommend studying this book before attempting to learn the intricacies of Quantum Field Theory.
There are many great QFT books out there.
The book by Prof. Schwartz is fabulous clear, thorough, insightful and fun to read.
Aminul Islam (verified owner) –
Easy to understand. Describing mathematical knowledge of Dirac field. Neutrino Oscillation part is also good .
Mattia (verified owner) –
Excellent book of elementary particle physics, suitable for those who already have a solid knowledge of quantum mechanics and special relativity. It explains complicated concepts extremely clearly, writing all the details of the calculation, while it is concise when needed. Highly recommended for anyone interested in the topic.
Nicolai K (verified owner) –
Habe das Buch begleitend zu einer Vorlesung gekauft und bin total begeistert. Toll geschrieben und super übersichtlich. Als würde man einem Prof direkt zuhören. Das beste sind die Aufgaben nach jedem Kapitel, welche unglaublich hilfreich zum Verständnis sind. Für die Musterlösungen braucht man einen speziellen Zugang, den mein Prof aber hatte und sie mir dann zur Verfügung stellen konnte. Top Buch, 10/10