Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Introduction xv
4. 1. A History of Particle Physics 1
5. 2. Special Relativity 35
6. 3. Quantum Mechanics 51
7. 4. Symmetries and Groups 77
8. 5. Experimental Particle Physics 107
9. 6. Particle Classification 155
10. 7. Relativistic Quantum Mechanics 187
11. 8. The Dirac Equation 213
12. 9. Quantum Electrodynamics 243
13. 10. Non-Abelian Gauge Theory and Color 281
14. 11. Symmetry Breaking and The Higgs Mechanism 313
15. 12. The Standard Model of Particle Physics 333
16. 13. Beyond the Standard Model 365
17. Appendix A: Elementary Particle Properties and Other Useful Quantities 397
18. Appendix B: Feynman Rules 401
19. Appendix C: Gamma Matrix Identities 407
20. Bibliography 409
21. Index 413