Note: Intro -- Contents -- Opinions of the Press on the Chemistry of Cookery -- Other Works by Mr. Mattieu Williams -- Science in Short Chapters -- A Simple Treatise on Heat -- The Fuel of the Sun -- Preface* -- Chapter 1 -- Introduction -- Chapter 2 -- The Boiling of Water -- Chapter 3 -- Albumen -- Chapter 4 -- Gelatin, Fibrin, and the Juices of Meat -- Chapter 5 -- Roasting and Grilling -- Chapter 6 -- Count Rumford's Roaster -- Chapter 7 -- Frying -- Chapter 8 -- Stewing -- Chapter 9 -- Cheese -- Chapter 10 -- Fat-Milk -- Chapter 11 -- The Cookery of Vegetables -- Chapter 12 -- Gluten-Bread -- Chapter 13 -- Vegetable Casein and Vegetable Juices -- Chapter 14 -- Count Rumford's Cookery and Cheap Dinners -- Chapter 15 -- Count Rumford's Substitute for Tea and Coffee -- Chapter 16 -- The Cookery of Wine -- Chapter 17 -- The Vegetarian Question -- Chapter 18 -- Malted Food -- Chapter 19 -- The Physiology of Nutrition -- Index -- Blank Page.

Note: Front Cover -- An Introduction to Elementary Particles -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- PREFACE -- CHAPTER I. QUANTUM MECHANICS -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Bras, Kets, Vectors, and Linear Operators -- 1.3 Quantum Mechanics -- 1.4 Time Development of Vectors -- 1.5 The Lorentz Transformations -- 1.6 Transformations -- 1.7 Parity, the Parity Transformation, and Parity Conservation -- 1.8 Center-of-Mass and Laboratory Coordinates -- 1.9 Conclusions -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER II. ANGULAR MOMENTUM -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Orbital Angular Momentum -- 2.3 Rotations (I) -- 2.4 Spin and Total Angular Momentum -- 2.5 The Eigenvalues of Angular Momentum -- 2.6 The Matrix Elements of Angular Momentum -- 2.7 Vector Addition of Angular Momentum -- 2.8 The Eigenfunctions of Orbital Angular Momentum -- 2.9 The Pauli Spin Matrices -- 2.10 Rotations (II) -- 2.11 Decay of Pure States -- 2.12 Tensor Operators -- 2.13 Polarization -- 2.14 The Density Matrix -- 2.15 Decay of Mixed Spin States -- 2.16 Rotation of the Density Matrix -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER III. SCATTERING AND REACTION THEORY -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 The Partial-Wave Analysis -- 3.3 Scattering of Spin-0 by Spin-½ Particles -- 3.4 Polarization in Spin-0-Spin-½ Scattering -- 3.5 Angular Distributions in Spin-0-Spin-½ Scattering -- 3.6 The Ambiguities of Spin-0-Spin-½ Scattering -- 3.7 The Scattering of Spin-½ by Spin-½ Particles -- 3.8 The Scattering of Identical Particles -- 3.9 The Scattering Matrix (I) -- 3.10 Binary Reactions -- 3.11 The Scattering Matrix (II) -- 3.12 Reciprocity -- 3.13 The Principle of Detailed Balance -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER IV. ENERGY DEPENDENCE IN SCATTERING -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Phase-Space Considerations -- 4.3 Phase Shifts at Low Energy -- 4.4 The Wigner Condition -- 4.5 Resonance and the Breit-Wigner Formula -- 4.6 Unitarity -- REFERENCES. , CHAPTER V. SYMMETRY, ISOTOPIC SPIN, AND HYPERCHARGE -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Symmetry and Antisymmetry -- 5.3 Two-Nucleon State Vectors -- 5.4 Isotopic Spin -- 5.5 Strangeness and Hypercharge -- 5.6 Conclusion -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER VI. PARITY, TIME REVERSAL, CHARGE CONJUGATION, AND G-PARITY -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Parity -- 6.3 Parity Conservation -- 6.4 Parity Nonconservation -- 6.5 Time Reversal -- 6.6 The Consequences of Time-Reversal Invariance -- 6.7 Charge Conjugation -- 6.8 G-Parity -- 6.9 The CPT Theorem -- 6.10 Conclusion -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER VII. THE BOSONS -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 The Pions -- 7.3 The Spin and Parity of the Pions -- 7.4 The K-Mesons -- 7.5 The Neutral K-Meson System -- 7.6 Meson Resonances -- 7.7 Meson Resonances Decaying into Two Mesons -- 7.8 Meson Resonances Decaying into Three Mesons (I) -- 7.9 Meson Resonances Decaying into Three Mesons (II) -- 7.10 Conclusion -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER VIII. THE BARYONS -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 The Stable Baryons -- 8.3 Baryon Resonances -- 8.4 Isotopic Spin of the Pion-Nucleon System -- 8.5 Low-Energy Pion-Nucleon Scattering -- 8.6 Pion-Nucleon Scattering up to 2500 MeV -- 8.7 The Kaon-Nucleon System -- 8.8 Low-Energy Kaon-Nucleon Scattering -- 8.9 The Antikaon-Nucleon System -- 8.10 The Production of Baryon Resonances -- 8.11 The Ω- -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER IX. UNITARY SYMMETRY -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 Symmetry and the Classification of States -- 9.3 The Theory of Continuous Groups -- 9.4 The Hadrons and SU(3) Multiplets -- 9.5 Properties of Representations -- 9.6 Applications of SU(3) -- 9.7 Applications of Broken SU(3) -- 9.8 Quarks -- 9.9 Higher Symmetry Schemes -- 9.10 Conclusion -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER X. FIELD THEORY -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 First Quantization -- 10.3 Units and Notation -- 10.4 The Lagrangian Formalism -- 10.5 The Electromagnetic Field. , 10.6 The Dirac Field -- 10.7 Second Quantization and the Commutation Relations -- 10.8 Interaction and the S-Matrix -- 10.9 Renormalization and the Radiative Corrections -- 10.10 QED at High Energies -- 10.11 Field Theory and Strong Interactions -- 10.12 Conclusion -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER XI. WEAK INTERACTIONS -- 11.1 Introduction -- 11.2 The Description and Theory of Beta Decay -- 11.3 The Classification of Beta Decays -- 11.4 Beta Decay: Pre-1956 -- 11.5 Beta Decay: Post-1956 -- 11.6 The Two-Component Theory of the Neutrino -- 11.7 Conservation of Leptons in Beta Decay -- 11.8 Muon and Pion Decay -- 11.9 The Universal Weak Interaction -- 11.10 The Conserved Vector Current -- 11.11 Muon Capture -- 11.12 The Leptonic Decays of Strange Particles -- 11.13 The Cabibbo Angle -- 11.14 The Nonleptonic Decays of Strange Particles -- 11.15 The Intermediate Vector Boson -- 11.16 Neutrino Interactions -- 11.17 Conclusion -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER XII. STRONG INTERACTIONS -- 12.1 Introduction -- 12.2 The Mandelstam Variables -- 12.3 The Analytic Properties of the S-Matrix -- 12.4 Pion-Nucleon Scattering Dispersion Relations -- 12.5 Other Singularities -- 12.6 Strong Interactions at High Energies -- 12.7 Asymptotic Relations -- 12.8 One-Particle-Exchange Mechanisms -- 12.9 Regge Poles -- 12.10 The Chew-Frautschi Plot -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER XIII. THE ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERACTION OF HADRONS -- 13.1 Introduction -- 13.2 The Electromagnetic Interaction -- 13.3 Isotopic-Spin Selection Rules -- 13.4 The Angular-Momentum Properties of the Electromagnetic Field -- 13.5 Photoproduction Processes -- 13.6 Electromagnetic Form Factors -- 13.7 The Vector-Dominance Model -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER XIV. THE NEUTRAL KAONS AND CP CONSERVATION -- 14.1 Introductions -- 14.2 The Time Development of Neutral-Kaon Systems -- 14.3 The Neutral-Kaon Mass Difference. , 14.4 The Theory of Regeneration -- 14.5 The Sign of the Mass Difference -- 14.6 CP Nonconservation -- 14.7 CP-Noninvariant Analysis -- 14.8 The Experimental Situation -- 14.9 The Source of CP Violation -- REFERENCES -- Appendix A: FUNCTIONS OF A COMPLEX VARIABLE -- A.1 Functions and Singularities -- A.2 Integral Theorems -- REFERENCES -- Appendix Β: RELATIVISTIC KINEMATICS -- B.1 The Properties of Four Vectors -- B.2 Laboratory and Center-of-Mass Coordinates -- B.3 Particle Reactions -- B.4 Dalitz Plots -- B.5 The Mandelstam Variables -- B.6 Transformation of Differential Cross Sections -- B.7 Transformation of the Polarization Vector -- REFERENCES -- Appendix C: PHASE SPACE -- C.1 The Density-of-States Factor -- C.2 Phase Space and Dalitz Plots -- REFERENCES -- Appendix D: DIRAC MATRIX ELEMENTS -- D.1 The Structure of Matrix Elements for Dirac Particles -- REFERENCE -- Appendix Ε: TABLES OF CLEBSCH-GORDAN COEFFICIENTS AND OF ROTATION MATRIX ELEMENTS -- E.1 Clebsch-Gordan Coefficients -- E.2 Rotation Matrix Elements -- REFERENCES -- Author Index -- Subject Index.

Note: Intro -- Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Momentum and energy in special relativity -- **2.1 Introduction -- **2.2 Momentum and energy -- **2.5 More useful formulae -- **2.4 Units -- **2.5 Rest mass energy -- **2.6 Nuclear binding energy -- **2.7 Nuclear decays and reactions -- **2.8 Gravitation and E = Mc2 -- **2.9 Summary -- Problems -- 3 Relativistic kinematics I -- **3.1 Introduction -- **3.2 Elementary particle physics -- **3.3 Two-body decay of a particle at rest -- *3.4 Three-body decays -- *3.5 Two-stage three-body decay -- **3.6 The decay of a moving particle -- 3.7 Kinematics of formation -- 3.8 Examples of formation -- **3.9 Photons -- 3.10 Compton scattering -- **3.11 The centre-of-mass -- **3.12 The centre-of-mass in two-body collisions -- *3.13 Reaction thresholds in the laboratory -- *3.14 Summary -- Problems -- 4 Electrodynamics -- **4.1 Introduction -- **4.2 Making contact with electromagnetism -- **4.3 Relativistic mass -- **4.4 Historical interlude -- *4.5 Bucherer -- *4.6 Accelerators -- *4.7 The cyclotron frequency -- *4.8 The cyclotron -- *4.9 The limitations of the cyclotron -- 4.10 The synchrocyclotron -- 4.11 The synchrotron -- 4.12 Electron accelerators -- 4.13 Centre-of-mass energy at colliders -- *4.14 Summary -- Problems -- 5 The foundations of special relativity -- **5.1 Introduction -- **5.2 Some definitions -- **5.3 Galilean transformations -- **5.4 Electromagnetism and Galilean relativity -- **5.5 Einstein's relativity -- **5.6 The rise and fall of simultaneity -- **5.7 Time -- **5.8 Einstein's electrodynamics -- **5.9 Comments on Einstein's results -- **5.10 Charge invariance -- *'*5.11 Summary -- Problems -- 6 Relativistic kinematics II -- **6.1 Introduction -- **6.2 The Lorentz transformation of energy and momentum. , *6.3 The Lorentz boost for optics: aberration -- *6.4 The relativistic Doppler effect -- *6.5 Aberration and the Doppler effect in astrophysics -- 6.6 Lorentz boosts and new variables -- +6.7 Graphical representation of the Lorentz boost -- *6.8 Lorentz boosts at work in particle decays -- **6.9 Collision kinematics -- *6.10 Summary -- Problems -- 7 The Lorentz transformation of time-space coordinates -- **7.1 Introduction -- **7.2 The Lorentz transformation of time-space coordinates -- **7.3 Conformity with the postulates -- **7.4 A simplification in notation -- *7.5 A world line -- *7.6 The interval -- **7.7 The absence of simultaneity in special relativity -- **7.8 The Lorentz-FitzGerald contraction -- 7.9 A diversion -- 7.10 Time dilation -- **7.11 The experimental tests of time dilation -- **7.12 The travelling twin -- *7.13 Proper time -- *7.14 Time dilation and the Lorentz-FitzGerald contraction -- 7.15 The transformation of velocities -- 7.16 The composition of velocities -- +7.17 Minkowski map -- +7.18 The Lorentz-FitzGeralcl contraction and time dilation on the Minkowski map -- *7.19 Summary -- Problems -- 8 The formalities of special relativity -- **8.1 Introduction -- **8.2 The derivation of the Lorentz transformation -- 8.3 Derivation using the k-calculus -- **8.4 Derivation using a conventional method -- **8.5 Derivation of the transformation of the transverse coordinates -- *8.6 Summarising the Lorentz transformations -- 8.7 The general Lorentz boost -- +8.8 Two successive Lorentz boosts I -- +8.9 Two successive Lorentz boosts II -- *8.10 Four-vectors -- *8.11 A classification of four-vectors -- +8.12 Relativistic energy and momentum conservation validated -- +8.13 The Thomas precession -- Problems -- 9 Some developments in special relativity -- *9.1 Introduction -- *9.2 Relativistic kinematics with four-vectors -- *9.3 More on waves. , *9.4 Einstein to de Broglie -- +9.5 Schrödinger's wave equation -- +9.6 The Dirac equation -- 9.7 Maxwell's equations -- 9.8 The Lorentz transformation of E and B -- +9.9 The covariance of Maxwell's equations -- +9.10 The electromagnetic four-vector potential -- +9.11 Tensorland -- +9.12 Electromagnetism with tensors -- *9.13 What to remember -- *9.14 What we have not discussed -- Problems -- 10 A postponed prelude -- **10.1 Introduction -- **10.2 Maxwell and the ether -- **10.3 The hunt for the ether: Michelson and Morley -- **10.4 The hunt for the ether: Trout on and Noble, Rayleigh, and Brace -- **10.5 Saving the ether with Lorentz! -- **10.6 Dragging the ether -- **10.7 1905 and after -- Problem answers -- Bibliography -- Index.

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