A Standard Model Workbook (Paperback)

Preface
Chapter 1. Introduction
Section I. Relativity
Chapter 2. Special Relativity
Chapter 3. Index Notation
Section II. Classical Fields
Chapter 4. A Classical Scalar Field
Chapter 5. The Klein-Gordon Equation
Chapter 6. Noether’s Theorem
Section III. Quantum Mechanics
Chapter 7. Basic Quantum Mechanics
Chapter 8. Operators and Time Evolution
Chapter 9. Angular Momentum
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Chapter 10. Feynman Diagram Quick Start
Section IV. Quantum Field Theory
Chapter 11. Creation and Annihilation Operators
Chapter 12. The Quantized Scalar Field
Chapter 13. Interactions and Feynman Diagrams
Section V. Connection to Experiment
Chapter 14. Fermi’s Golden Rule
Chapter 15. Toy Universe Predictions
Section VI. Spin – ½ Particles
Chapter 16. The Dirac Equation
Chapter 17. Transforming Dirac Spinors
Chapter 18. Quantizing the Dirac Field
Section VII. The Electroweak Theory
Chapter 19. Electromagnetism from U(1)
Chapter 20. Quantum Electrodynamics
Chapter 21. Renormalization
Chapter 22. Applications of QED
Chapter 23. The Weak Interaction from SU(2)
Chapter 24. The Weak Interaction’s Leftist Bias
Chapter 25. The Unified Electroweak Theory
Section VIII. Particle Masses
Chapter 26. The Higgs Mechanism
Chapter 27. Fermion Masses and Mixing
Chapter 28. Neutrino Masses and Mixing
Chapter 29. Applications of the Electroweak Theory
Section IX. Chromodynamics
Chapter 30. Chromodynamics from SU(3)
Chapter 31. Applications of QCD
Section X. And Beyond!
Chapter 32. Beyond the Standard Model
Appendix
Appendix A. Potentials From Interactions
Index