After setting the scene with accounts of the "Standard Models" of particle physics and cosmology (theory and experimental evidence) the book describes experimental methods for investigating physics beyond the "Standard Models". Until the next generation of accelerators comes on-line this means effectively using non-accelerator techniques, e.g. looking for evidence in astrophysical observations, underground experiments, nuclear reactor experiments. With the demise of the SSC (to have been built in Dallas - now cancelled) this period is likely to be prolonged significantly! The field is currently fashionable and is likely to remain so for some time. The fashionable phrase for the field is Astro-Particle Physics.

Contenuti:

Modern elementary particle theories: The elementary constituents of matter; The elementary interactions; Symmetries and invariances; Gauge theories and the standard model; Models of grand unification; The description of neutrinos; Outlook. Accelerator particle physics: Energy scales of accelerators; Physics at the accelerators of the 1990s; Outlook. The early universe and particle physics: The cosmological standard model; Inflationary models; The primordial nucleosynthesis. Proton decay: Baryon decay; Predictions of the lifetime of the proton; Proton decay experiments. Neutron-antineutron oscillations, and electric dipole moment of the neutron: Electric dipole moment of elementary particles; Measurement of neutron electric dipole moment; Neutron-antineutron oscillations. Experiments to determine the neutrino mass: Direct determination of the neutrino mass; Double beta decay; The supernova SN1987A. Neutrino oscillations: Introduction to neutrino oscillations; The formal theory; Experiments on neutrino oscillations. Magnetic monopoles: Introduction, historical overview; Theoretical concepts Detection of magnetic monopoles; Experimental results. The search for dark matter in the universe: Evidence for dark matter; Candidates for dark matter; Experiments to detect dark matter. Particles with a fractional charge: The quark confinement; Experiments to search for free quarks. Fifth force: theoretical expectations and experimental status: Introduction; Theoretical expectations; Experimental search for a fifth force. Time dependence of natural constants: Introduction; Theoretical predictions; Experiments to search for time dependence. Bibliography. Index.

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