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3 Fernow, Richard C. Introduction to experimental particle physics 000748 1989 Book  
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TitleShifting standards experiments in particle physics in the Twentieth century
Author(s)Allan Franklin
PublicationPittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh Press, 2013.
Descriptionlv, 302p.
Abstract NoteIn Shifting Standards, Allan Franklin provides an overview of notable experiments in particle physics. Using papers published in Physical Review, the journal of the American Physical Society, as his basis, Franklin details the experiments themselves, their data collection, the events witnessed, and the interpretation of results. From these papers, he distills the dramatic changes to particle physics experimentation from 1894 through 2009. Franklin develops a framework for his analysis, viewing each example according to exclusion and selection of data; possible experimenter bias; details of the experimental apparatus; size of the data set, apparatus, and number of authors; rates of data taking along with analysis and reduction; distinction between ideal and actual experiments; historical accounts of previous experiments; and personal comments and style. From Millikan’s tabletop oil-drop experiment to the Compact Muon Solenoid apparatus measuring approximately 4,000 cubic meters (not including accelerators) and employing over 2,000 authors, Franklin’s study follows the decade-by-decade evolution of scale and standards in particle physics experimentation. As he shows, where once there were only one or two collaborators, now it literally takes a village. Similar changes are seen in data collection: in 1909 Millikan’s data set took 175 oil drops, of which he used 23 to determine the value of e, the charge of the electron; in contrast, the 1988–1992 E791 experiment using the Collider Detector at Fermilab, investigating the hadroproduction of charm quarks, recorded 20 billion events. As we also see, data collection took a quantum leap in the 1950s with the use of computers. Events are now recorded at rates as of a few hundred per second, and analysis rates have progressed similarly. Employing his epistemology of experimentation, Franklin deconstructs each example to view the arguments offered and the correctness of the results. Overall, he finds that despite the metamorphosis of the process, the role of experimentation has remained remarkably consistent through the years: to test theories and provide factual basis for scientific knowledge, to encourage new theories, and to reveal new phenomenon.
ISBN,Price9780822944300 : Rs. 3196(HB)
Classification539.12.07
Keyword(s)EXPERIMENTAL PARTICLE PHYSICS
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TitleModern particle physics
Author(s)Mark Thomson
PublicationCambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2013.
Descriptionxvi, 554p.
Abstract NoteUnique 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.
ISBN,Price9781107034266 : UKP 40.00(HB)
Classification539.12
Keyword(s)1. EXPERIMENTAL PARTICLE PHYSICS 2. PARTICLE PHYSICS
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TitleIntroduction to experimental particle physics
Author(s)Fernow, Richard C.
PublicationCambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1989.
Descriptionx,421p.
Classification539.12.07
Keyword(s)1. EBOOK 2. EBOOK - CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS 3. EXPERIMENTAL PARTICLE PHYSICS
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