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"The editors make a good point in claiming the time has come to upgrade the Standard Model into the ‘Standard Theory’ of particle physics, and I think this book deserves a place in the bookshelves of a broad community, from the scientists and engineers who contributed to the progress of high-energy physics to younger physicists, eager to learn and enjoy the corresponding inside stories."

Carlos Lourenço
CERN Courier

The book gives a quite complete and up-to-date picture of the Standard Theory with an historical perspective, with a collection of articles written by some of the protagonists of present particle physics. The theoretical developments are described together with the most up-to-date experimental tests, including the discovery of the Higgs Boson and the measurement of its mass as well as the most precise measurements of the top mass, giving the reader a complete description of our present understanding of particle physics.

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Chapter 1: The Evolution of Quantum Field Theory: From QED to Grand Unification (364 KB)


Contents:
  • The Evolution of Quantum Field Theory: From QED to Grand Unification (Gerard 't Hooft)
  • The Making of the Standard Theory (J Iliopoulos)
  • Quantum Chromodynamics and Deep Inelstic Scattering (R K Ellis)
  • Electroweak Corrections (R Barbieri)
  • Lattice Quantum Chromodynamics (C T Sachrajda)
  • The Determination of the Strong Coupling Constant (G Dissertori)
  • Hadron Contribution to Vacuum Polarisation (M Davier, A Hoecker, B Malaescu and Z Zhang)
  • The Number of Neutrinos and the Z Line Shape (A Blondel)
  • Asymmetries at the Z Pole: The Quark and Lepton Quantum Numbers (R Tenchini)
  • The W Boson Mass Measurement (A V Kotwal)
  • Top Quark Mass (M Mulders)
  • Global Fits of the Electroweak Standard Theory: Past, Present and Future (M Baak, J Haller and K Mönig)
  • Production at Electroweak Bosons at Hadron Colliders: Theoretical Aspects (M L Mangano)
  • An Historical Profile of the Higgs Boson (J Ellis, M K Gaillard and D V Nanopoulos)
  • The Higgs Boson Search and Discovery (G Bernardi and J Konigsberg)
  • Higgs Boson Properties (A David and M Düehrssen)
  • Flavour Physics and Implication for New Phenomena (G Isidori)
  • Rare Decays Probing Physics Beyond the Standard Theory (F Teubert)
  • Neutrino Masses and Flavor Oscillations (Y F Wang & Z Z Xing)
  • The Supersymmetric Standard Model (P Fayet)
  • Future Direction Beyond the Standard Theory (A Pomarol)

Readership: Graduate students and researchers in particle physics.