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Only assuming basic knowledge of quantum mechanics and special relativity, it recaps the current state. It is written at a level which presurnes a prior tull years course in classical physics, and a knowledge of elementary differential and integral calculus. Most results from experimental particle physics are currently well. This book includes theoretical aspects, with chapters outlining the generation model and a charged higgs boson model as alternative scenarios to the standard model. Department of theoretical physics, research school of physics and engineering, the australian national university, canberra australia 1. Griffiths, introduction to elementary particle physics by alessandro.
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