Title The Anomalous Magnetic Moment of the Muon Author(s) Jegerlehner, Friedrich Publication Berlin, Heidelberg, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2008. Description XIV, 426 p. 172 illus : online resource Abstract Note It seems to be a strange enterprise to attempt write a physics book about a single number. It was not my idea to do so, but why not. In mathematics, maybe, one would write a book about ?. Certainly, the muon???s anomalous magnetic moment is a very special number and today re?ects almost the full spectrum of e?ects incorporated in today???s Standard Model (SM) of fun- mental interactions, including the electromagnetic, the weak and the strong forces. The muon g? 2, how it is also called, is a truly fascinating theme both from an experimental and from a theoretical point of view and it has played a crucial role in the development of QED which ?nally developed into the SM by successive inclusion of the weak and the strong interactions. The topic has fascinated a large number of particle physicists, last but not least it was always a benchmark for theory as a monitor for e?ects beyond what was known at the time. As an example, nobody could believe that a muon is just a heavy version of an electron; why should nature repeat itself, it hardly can make sense ISBN,Price 9783540726340 Keyword(s) 1. EBOOK 2. EBOOK - SPRINGER 3. NUCLEAR PHYSICS 4. Particle and Nuclear Physics Item Type eBook Multi-Media Links Please Click here for eBook Circulation Data Accession#   Call# Status Issued To Return Due On Physical Location I08459     On Shelf