Description
This book is an encyclopedic treatment of what we know and what we don't know in modern particle physics. It covers all of the history of particle physics, beginning in prehistory; but it really gets started around 1897. There is also a chapter about particle accelerators and detectors. The book then moves on to what we know about quarks and leptons, as well as the Higgs boson. The final two chapters cover unsolved mysteries for which there is some chance of resolution in the next decade or so, and also mysteries for which the time horizon for resolution is much longer.This thoroughly revised book incorporates significant updates to the story of the search for the Higgs boson, the technology of modern accelerators and detectors, and the descriptions of neutrino oscillation and the problem of missing antimatter. Since the 2012 edition, our understanding of all of these topics has substantially improved. With this book, the reader will learn the newest and most fascinating advances in particle physics.