Unique in its coverage of all aspects of modern particle physics, this textbook provides a clear connection between the theory and recent experimental results, including the discovery of the Higgs boson at CERN. It provides a comprehensive and self-contained description of the Standard Model of particle physics suitable for upper-level undergraduate students and graduate students studying experimental particle physics. Physical theory is introduced in a straightforward manner with full mathematical derivations throughout. Fully-worked examples enable students to link the mathematical theory to results from modern particle physics experiments. End-of-chapter exercises, graded by difficulty, provide students with a deeper understanding of the subject. Online resources available at www.cambridge.org/MPP feature password-protected fully-worked solutions to problems for instructors, numerical solutions and hints to the problems for students and PowerPoint slides and JPEGs of figures from the book.
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His explanation of (and derived equations with ) Chirality vs. Helicity states is worth the price of the book !
This is definitely the book to own if you want to learn and get up to speed with Modern Particle Physics.
The section of Neutrino oscillations (and their detection via Nuclear Reactor sources) is unique to this text .
I'd recommend studying this book before attempting to learn the intricacies of Quantum Field Theory.
There are many great QFT books out there.
The book by Prof. Schwartz is fabulous clear, thorough, insightful and fun to read.
The material is presented very well though. I think the author did a very good job.
It is definitely not the most rigorous book on particle physics with sophisticated discussions on quantum fields. This book should be used as an introduction to the Standard Model, where one learns what the Standard Model is about and how to do some scattering calculations. This book also discusses important particle physics experiments much more than, say, David Griffith's particle physics textbook. If you are interested in not just learning the theory and like to read about the key experiments that relate to the theory, this book is a good introduction. However, the derivation of the Feynman rules is only briefly discussed and the derivation is sketched. You will need to read a more advanced textbook if you want a rigorous discussion of the Feynman rules. But there are plenty of books for more advanced topics, so this shouldn't be viewed as a problem with this textbook. Overall, this book achieves the goals that the author had in mind and if you fall under the intended audience then I think you will enjoy the book.
It is interesting that a knowledge of quantum field theory is not needed to understand the key calculations perhaps quantum field theory is not as important as some people think or make out.
I would recommend the book to anyone who wants to get up to speed on the standard model and who felt a bit cheated by their undergraduate degree in physics which did not really cover the topic in any great detail.
Great for any physics majors or anybody with enough mathematical background to follow the author's important mathematical derivations.The first few chapters provide good contextual background, and one could reasonably understand this book having only taken an introductory modern physics course.
Update: After working with this text to prepare my class for this fall semester, I'm even more impressed with it than I was originally. It's extremely well written, at the right level for the intended audience, and thoroughly modern in presentation and outlook. It really conveys the way modern particle physicists approach the field. Just as importantly is what it leaves out: all the ancient approaches to the field - historically relevant and powerful though they may be - that tend to confuse the novice. It also eschews the historical approach to the field that many other texts use to their detriment. For instructors, the solutions manual is fantastic! It's one of the few solutions manuals I've ever seen that is self-contained ... the statement of every problem is repeated right before the solution. No more need to have both the text and the solutions manual open at the same time to figure out what problem is being answered!
This book, considering to whom it was intended, is the best I've seen. The style and organization of the material makes you realize the author is a gifted teacher, a generous one at that, he just doesn't state results, he guides and illuminates with plenty of alacrity the structure of the theory. His writing is clear and flows, you are not distracted with the jerky style of some authors.
Of course you must meet the prerequisites, if you don't, it could be tough going. Someone trying to enter the field in a serious way should read this book first!
The book's appearance, font and spacing, is attractive.
For me it was a joy to have read this book.