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612 Index<br />

Galilean invariance, 465<br />

Gamma rays, 51, 55, 56, 65, 74, 597, 604<br />

detector, 59–60<br />

from excited mesons, 492<br />

spectrum, 59<br />

Gammasphere, 59<br />

Gamow–Teller resonance, see Resonances<br />

Gauge<br />

bosons, 78, 93–97, 388, 393, 394, 404–<br />

408, 412, 414, 419<br />

covariant, 384<br />

invariance, 94<br />

non-abelian fields, 388–393<br />

theories, 383–402<br />

electroweak, 408–414<br />

transformation<br />

global, 204<br />

local, 205<br />

unitary, 400<br />

Gaussian distribution, 144<br />

Generator<br />

electrostatic, see Van de Graaff<br />

for transformations, 200–202<br />

Geometric cross section, 423, 424<br />

Geometric phase, 388<br />

Geonium, 151<br />

Germanium arrays, 59<br />

Germanium detector<br />

see Gamma rays detector, 59<br />

Giant resonance, 564<br />

GIM mechanism, 341, 407<br />

Glauber approximation, 185–189<br />

Glueballs, 117, 451<br />

Gluon, 93, 94, 97, 170, 451–456, 472, 475,<br />

492, 493, 498<br />

basic properties, 112–118<br />

in QCD, 451<br />

one-gluon exchange potential, 493<br />

Golden rule<br />

see Fermi’s golden rule, 281<br />

Goldstone bosons, 394<br />

Grand Unified Theories, 324, 384, 425, 458–<br />

460, 493, 580<br />

Gravitational interaction, 92<br />

Green’s function, 176<br />

GRETA, 59<br />

Ground state, 88, 122, 128, 523, 531, 534–<br />

536, 540<br />

baryon, 105–108<br />

GUT, see Grand Unified Theories<br />

� (Planck’s constant), 14<br />

Hadron cloud, 320<br />

Hadronic interaction<br />

see Strong interaction, 104<br />

Hadrons, 93, 471–499<br />

Half life, 98–102<br />

beta decay, 335–337<br />

nucleon, 458<br />

14 O, 356<br />

Half-density radius, 144<br />

Hamiltonian, 281, 282, 289, 290, 293, 296,<br />

307, 317, 320, 322, 326<br />

Handedness<br />

see Helicity, 210<br />

Harmonic oscillator, 483–490, 525–527, 540<br />

Heavy ion reactions, 508–511<br />

Heavy ions, 501–519<br />

Heavy mesons, 491–493<br />

Heisenberg uncertainty relation, 104<br />

Helicity, 251, 353–354<br />

of neutrinos, 210, 251<br />

operator, 251<br />

Helium<br />

burning, 589<br />

see Alpha particle, 586<br />

Hermitian, see Operator, 241, 465<br />

adjoint, 199<br />

Higgs<br />

at LHC, 418<br />

mechanism, 393–400<br />

High energies, 445–451<br />

High-energy theorems, 447–451<br />

Hole theory, 109<br />

Horizon problem, 582<br />

Hot dark matter, 584<br />

Hubble, 579<br />

constant, 580<br />

Hypercharge, 214, 263, 344, 345<br />

generalized, 216<br />

oscillations, 266<br />

Hypernuclei, 207, 568<br />

Hyperon, 553<br />

Hyperons, 107, 230<br />

IBM<br />

Interacting boson model, 562–564<br />

Impulse approximation, 166<br />

Inclusive cross sections, 164<br />

Inclusive scattering, 164, 373<br />

Incompressibility, 501–510, 518, 555, 559,<br />

575<br />

Induced emission, 294<br />

Inelastic collisions, 446<br />

Inelastic scattering, 143, 146, 168<br />

deep, 164–166<br />

neutrino, 344, 373<br />

quark-parton model, 166–172<br />

of leptons, 161–162<br />

Infinitesimal rotation, 222<br />

Inflationary scenario, 582<br />

Infrared slavery, 422<br />

Interacting boson model, 562–564<br />

Interaction Hamiltonian, 282<br />

Interactions, 1, 11, 279<br />

bosons and fermions, 279

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