The Standard Model in a Nutshell (Hardcover)

For a theory as genuinely elegant as the Standard Model--the current framework describing elementary particles and their forces--it can sometimes appear to students to be little more than a complicated collection of particles and ranked list of interactions. The Standard Model in a Nutshell provides a comprehensive and uncommonly accessible introduction to one of the most important subjects in modern physics, revealing why, despite initial appearances, the entire framework really is as elegant as physicists say.

Dave Goldberg uses a "just-in-time" approach to instruction that enables students to gradually develop a deep understanding of the Standard Model even if this is their first exposure to it. He covers everything from relativity, group theory, and relativistic quantum mechanics to the Higgs boson, unification schemes, and physics beyond the Standard Model. The book also looks at new avenues of research that could answer still-unresolved questions and features numerous worked examples, helpful illustrations, and more than 120 exercises.

• Provides an essential introduction to the Standard Model for graduate students and advanced undergraduates across the physical sciences
• Requires no more than an undergraduate-level exposure to quantum mechanics, classical mechanics, and electromagnetism
• Uses a "just-in-time" approach to topics such as group theory, relativity, classical fields, Feynman diagrams, and quantum field theory
• Couched in a conversational tone to make reading and learning easier
• Ideal for a one-semester course or independent study
• Includes a wealth of examples, illustrations, and exercises
• Solutions manual (available only to professors)

《標準模型簡介》是一本全面且易於理解的書籍，介紹了現代物理學中最重要的主題之一：標準模型。儘管初看起來，標準模型可能只是一個由各種粒子和相互作用所組成的複雜系統，但這本書揭示了為什麼整個框架實際上確實如物理學家所說的那樣優雅。

作者Dave Goldberg採用了一種「即時」的教學方法，使學生即使是第一次接觸標準模型，也能逐漸深入理解。他涵蓋了從相對論、群論和相對論量子力學到希格斯玻色子、統一方案和超越標準模型的物理學的一切。本書還探討了可能回答尚未解決問題的新研究方向，並提供了許多實例、有用的插圖和超過120個練習題。

本書適合物理科學領域的研究生和高年級本科生，對標準模型有初步了解的量子力學、古典力學和電磁學的本科生即可閱讀。書中使用了「即時」的方式介紹群論、相對論、古典場、費曼圖和量子場論等主題，並以談話的口吻撰寫，使閱讀和學習更輕鬆。本書適合一學期的課程或獨立學習，並提供了大量的例子、插圖和練習題。

（解答手冊僅提供給教授使用）