Subatomic Physics

General Bibliography
The reader of the present book is expected to have some understanding of electromagnetism,
special relativity, and quantum theory. We shall quote many equations
from these fields without proof, but shall indicate where derivations can be found.
the books listed here are referred to in the text by the name of the author.
Electrodynamics J.D. Jackson, Classical Electrodynamics, 3rd edition, Wiley,
New York, 1999. Jackson’s book is not an undergraduate text, but it is beautifully
written and provides an exceptionally lucid treatment of classical electrodynamics.
An alternative textbook undergraduates are more familiar with is D.J. Griffiths,
Introduction to Electrodynamics, 3rd edition, Prentice Hall, NJ, 1999.
Modern Physics P.A. Tipler and R.A. Llewellyn, Modern Physics, 4th edition,
W.H. Freeman and Co., New York, 2002. This book gives most of the needed background
in special relativity, quantum mechanics, and atomic theory. An alternative
is R. Eisberg, R. Resnick, Quantum Physics of Atoms, Molecules, Solids, Nuclei,
and Particles, John Wiley & Sons, NY, 1985.
Quantum Mechanics E. Merzbacher, Quantum Mechanics, Wiley, New York,
3rd Edition, 1998; R. Shankar, Principles of Quantum Mechanics, 2nd edition,
Springer Science, 1994; D.J. Griffiths, Introduction to Quantum Mechanics, 3rd
edition, Pearson Prentice Hall, 2005. R.P. Feynman, R.B. Leighton, and M. Sands,
The Feynman Lectures on Physics, Addison-Wesley, Reading, MA, 1965.
Mathematical Physics G.B. Arfken and H.J. Weber, Mathematical Methods of
Physicists, 5th edition, Harcourt Acad. Press, San Diego (2001); or J. Mathews
and R.L. Walker, Mathematical Methods of Physics, Benjamin Reading, MA, 1964,
1970, are easy-to-read books that cover the mathematical tools needed.
Data In the textbook we make extensive reference to data that has been evaluated
by the Particle Data Group which we will refer to as ‘PDG’. Their last publication
is W.-M. Yao et al., J. Phys. G 33, 1 (2006) and the data can be found online at
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