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Axions: Theory, Cosmology, and Experimental Searches

By Roberto D. Peccei (auth.) , Markus Kuster , Georg Raffelt , Berta Beltrán (eds.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year
2008
ISBN
978-3-540-73517-5, 978-3-540-73518-2
DOI
10.1007/978-3-540-73518-2
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
8 MB (8578538 bytes)
Series
Lecture Notes in Physics 741
Edition
1
Pages
245\247
Orientation
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2013-08-01 04:00:00
Astrophysics and CosmologyElementary ParticlesQuantum Field Theory;Astronomy

Description

Axions are peculiar hypothetical particles that could both solve the CP problem of quantum chromodynamics and at the same time account for the dark matter of the universe. Based on a series of lectures by world experts in this field held at CERN (Geneva), this volume provides a pedagogical introduction to the theory, cosmology and astrophysics of these fascinating particles and gives an up-to-date account of the status and prospect of ongoing and planned experimental searches. Learners and practitioners of astroparticle physics will find in this book both a concise introduction and a current reference work to a showcase topic that connects the "inner space" of the elementary particle world with the "outer space" of the universe at large.

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