Particle and high-energy physics

This book presents a comprehensive mathematical and computational approach for solving electromagnetic problems of practical relevance, such as electromagnetic scattering and the cavity problems.

There has recently been considerable discussion of a "e;replication crisis"e; in some areas of science.

This book is about the dark photon which is a new gauge boson whose existence has been conjectured.

This book explores the physics, technology and applications of particle accelerators.

This book introduces a variety of aspects in nonperturbative Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD), focusing on the topological objects present in gauge theories.

The natural generalization of the quantum-mechanical N-particle wave function to relativistic space-time is a function of N space-time points, and thus of N time variables.

X-ray imaging is a corner stone of breast cancer diagnosis.

In this book, the author addresses selected topics in quantum mechanics that are not usually covered in books, but which are very helpful in developing a student's interest in, and a deeper understanding of the subject.

In this book, the author pays tribute to Bernhard Riemann (1826-1866), a mathematician with revolutionary ideas, whose work on the theory of integration, the Fourier transform, the hypergeometric differential equation, etc.

This book delves into finite mathematics and its application in physics, particularly quantum theory.

This thesis presents the measurement of the Higgs boson cross section in the diphoton decay channel.

This thesis develops fundamental ideas and advanced techniques for studying the Higgs boson's interactions with the known matter and force particles.

This thesis discusses searches for electroweakly produced supersymmetric partners of the gauge and the Higgs bosons (gauginos and higgsinos) decaying to multiple leptons, using pp collisions at sqrt(s) = 13 TeV.

This book provides a pedagogical introduction to the rapidly growing field of reheating after inflation.

Cosmology and astroparticle physics have seen an avalanche of discoveries in the past decade (IceCube - high energy neutrinos, LIGO - gravitational waves, Fermi- gamma-ray telescope, Xenon-1T - dark matter detection, PLANCK- cosmic microwave radiation, EHT picture of black hole, SDSS -galaxy surveys), all of which require a multidisciplinary background for analyzing the phenomena.

This book comprises the second half of a quantum field theory (QFT) course for graduate students.

This volume of the CRM Conference Series is based on a carefully refereed selection of contributions presented at the "e;11th International Symposium on Quantum Theory and Symmetries"e;, held in Montreal, Canada from July 1-5, 2019.

This thesis focuses on searches for squarks with the ATLAS detector in "e;compressed"e; scenarios where the scalar top is very close in mass to the lightest supersymmetric particle.

This book is a guide for all those who want to explore the standard model using string theory.

This primer describes the general model independent searches for new physics phenomena beyond the Standard Model of particle physics.

This book focuses on new experimental and theoretical advances concerning the role of strange and heavy-flavour quarks in high-energy heavy-ion collisions and in astrophysical phenomena.

This thesis proposes a new perspective on scattering amplitudes in quantum field theories.

This PhD thesis documents two of the highest-profile searches for supersymmetry performed at the ATLAS experiment using up to 80/fb of proton-proton collision data at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV delivered by the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) during its Run 2 (2015-2018).

The associated production of a W boson and a single charm quark (W+c) is the only process in proton-proton collisions that directly probes the strange quark content of the proton.

The three neutrinos are ghostly elementary particles that exist all across the Universe.

Every second of every day, we are exposed to billions of neutrinos emitted by the Sun, and yet they seem to pass straight through us with no apparent effect at all.

This book presents a multidisciplinary guide to gauge theory and gravity, with chapters by the world's leading theoretical physicists, mathematicians, historians and philosophers of science.

This thesis reports the calculation of neutrino production for the T2K experiment; the most precise a priori estimate of neutrino production that has been achieved for any accelerator-based neutrino oscillation experiment to date.

This book aims to integrate, in a pedagogical and technical manner, with detailed derivations, all essential principles of fundamental theoretical physics as developed over the past 100 years.

This book addresses the confinement problem, which concerns the behavior of non-abelian gauge theories, and the force which is mediated by gauge fields, at large distances.

The advent of high-precision antihydrogen spectroscopy has opened up the possibility of direct tests with unprecedented accuracy of some of the most fundamental principles of physics, notably Lorentz and CPT symmetry and the Einstein equivalence principle.

This thesis focuses on a cutting-edge area of research, which is aligned with CERN's mainstream research, the "e;AWAKE"e; project, dedicated to proving the capability of accelerating particles to the energy frontier by the high energy proton beam.

This book is written by two world-recognized experts in radio frequency (RF) systems for particle accelerators and is based on many years of experience in dealing with the multipactor phenomenon.

This book offers an introduction to the research in several recently discovered and actively developing mathematical and mathematical physics areas.

This primer is a comprehensive collection of analytical and numerical techniques that can be used to extract the non-perturbative physics of quantum field theories.

With contributions by leading theoreticians, this book presents the discoveries of hitherto hidden connections between seemingly unrelated fields of fundamental physics.

This book focuses on one mechanism in black hole physics which has proven to be universal, multifaceted and with a rich phenomenology: rotational superradiance.

These three lectures cover a certain aspect of complexity and black holes, namely the relation to the second law of thermodynamics.

The nature of dark matter remains one of the preeminent mysteries in physics and cosmology.

This book describes, as simply as possible, the mechanisms of scattering (both elastic and inelastic) of electrons with solid targets (electron-atom, electron-plasmon, and electron-phonon interactions).

This book offers an introduction to the research in several recently discovered and actively developing mathematical and mathematical physics areas.

Jayme Tiomno (1920-2011) was one of the most influential Brazilian physicists of the 20th century, interacting with many of the renowned physicists of his time, including John Wheeler and Richard Feynman, Eugene Wigner, Chen Ning Yang, David Bohm, Murray Gell-Mann, Remo Ruffini, Abdus Salam, and many others.

The book describes developments in the crystal growth of bulk II-VI semiconductor materials.

The goal of this essay is to discuss the future of discovery in particle physics.

This book presents a selection of advanced lectures from leading researchers, providing recent theoretical results on strongly coupled quantum field theories.

This book introduces readers to scattering from a practical/numerical point of view.

This primer is a collection of notes based on lectures that were originally given at IIT Madras (India) and at IFT Madrid (Spain).

With contributions by leading theoreticians, this book presents the discoveries of hitherto hidden connections between seemingly unrelated fields of fundamental physics.

This graduate-level primer presents a tutorial introduction to and overview of N = 2 supergravity theories - with 8 real supercharges and in 4, 5 and 6 dimensions.

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