Cahn R.N., Goldhaber G. The Experimental Foundations of Particle Physics

2 edition, Cambridge University Press, 2009, 553 pages, ISBN: 0521521475Our current understanding of elementary particles and their interactions emerged from break-through experiments. This book presents these experiments, beginning with the discoveries of the neutron and positron, and following them through mesons, strange particles, antiparticles, and quarks and gluons. This second edition contains new chapters on the W and Z bosons, the top quark, B-meson mixing and CP violation, and neutrino oscillations. This book provides an insight into particle physics for researchers, advanced undergraduate and graduate students. Throughout the book, the fundamental equations required to understand the experiments are derived clearly and simply. Each chapter is accompanied by reprinted articles and a collection of problems with a broad range of difficulty.The Atom Completed and a New Particle
The Muon and the Pion
Strangeness
Antibaryons
The Resonances
Weak Interactions
The Neutral Kaon System
The Structure of the Nucleon
The J/ψ, the tau , and Charm
Quarks, Gluons, and Jets
The Fifth Quark
From Neutral Currents to Weak Vector Bosons
Testing the Standard Model
The Top Quark
Mixing and CP Violation in Heavy Quark Mesons
Neutrino Masses and Oscillations
Epilogue