24: Internal Symmetries of Strong Interactions

The following sections are included:

• Classification of Elementary Particles

• Isospin in Nuclear Physics

• Isospin in Pion Physics

• SU(3)-Symmetry

• Newer Quarks

• Tensor Representations and Young Tableaux

• Effective Interactions among Hadrons

  • The Pion-Nucleon Interaction

  • The Decay Δ(1232) → Nπ

  • Vector Meson Decay ρ(770) → ππ

  • Vector Meson Decays ω(783) → ρπ and ω(783) → πππ

  • Vector Meson Decays K*(892) → Kπ

  • Axial Vector Meson Decay a₁(1270) → ρπ

  • Coupling of ρ(770)-Meson to Nucleons

• Appendix 24A Useful SU(3)-Formulas

• Appendix 24B Decay Rate for a₁ → ρπ

• Notes and References