ENGLISH

Particles, Fields and Forces: A Conceptual Guide to Quantum Field Theory and the Standard Model (The Frontiers Collection)

By Wouter Schmitz

Book information

Publisher
Springer
Year
2019
ISBN
3030128776, 9783030128777
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
12 MB (12240703 bytes)
Series
The Frontiers Collection
Edition
Hardcover
Pages
316\322
Topic
Physics
Library
dcisneros
Time added
2019-07-09 06:42:31
Physicsquantum theory

Description

How can fundamental particles exist as waves in the vacuum? How can such waves have particle properties such as inertia? What is behind the notion of “virtual” particles? Why and how do particles exert forces on one another? Not least: What are forces anyway? These are some of the central questions that have intriguing answers in Quantum Field Theory and the Standard Model of Particle Physics. Unfortunately, these theories are highly mathematical, so that most people - even many scientists - are not able to fully grasp their meaning. This book unravels these theories in a conceptual manner, using more than 180 figures and extensive explanations and will provide the nonspecialist with great insights that are not to be found in the popular science literature.

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