Introductory course of particle physics / Palash B. Pal.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Scope of particle physics;
2. Relativistic kinematics;
3. Symmetries and groups;
4. A brisk tour of quantum field theory;
5. Quantum electrodynamics;
6. Parity and charge conjugation;
7. Time-reversal and CPT symmetries;
8. Isospin;
9. Discovering particles;
10. SU(3) quark model;
11. Non-abelian gauge theories;
12. Quantum chromodynamics;
13. Structure of hadrons;
14. Fermi theory of weak interactions;
15. Spontaneous symmetry breaking;
16. Standard electroweak model with leptons;
17. Electroweak interaction of hadrons;
18. Global symmetries of standard model;
19. Bosons of standard model;
20. Hadrons involving heavy quark flavors;
21. CP violation and T violation;
22. Neutrino mass and lepton mixing;
23. Beyond the standard model;
Appendix A: Units and constants;
Appendix B: Short summary of particle properties;
Appendix C: Timeline of major advances in particle physics; Appendix D: Properties of spacetime;
Appendix E: Clebsch-Gordan co-efficients;
Appendix F: Dirac matrices and spinors;
Appendix G: Evaluation of loop integrals;
Appendix H: Feynman rules for standard model;
Appendix I: Books and other reviews;
Appendix J: Answers to selected exercises;
Index.

An Introductory Course of Particle Physics teaches the basic techniques and fundamental theories related to the subject. It gives students the competence to work out various properties of fundamental particles, such as scattering cross-section and lifetime. The book also gives a lucid summary of the main ideas involved.