1: Introduction
2: Mathematical Methods
3: Accelerators
4: Particle Detectors
5: Static Quark Model
6: Relativistic Quantum Mechanics
7: Weak interactions
8: Experimental tests of electroweak theory
9: Dynamic Quarks
10: Oscillations and CP violation in meson systems
11: Neutrino Oscillations
12: The Higgs
13: LHC and BSM
Robin Devenish studied mathematics and physics at the University of
Cambridge. After post-doctoral positions at Lancaster University
and University College London, he joined the DESY laboratory in
Hamburg in 1973. At DESY he worked on electron-positron
annihilation physics with the PLUTO experiment on the DORIS and
PETRA colliders. In 1979 he joined the Physics Department at Oxford
University, continuing to work on e+e- physics at DESY, but now
with the TASSO
experiment. He was a founder member of the Oxford team that joined
the ZEUS experiment at the electron-proton collider HERA (also at
DESY). His work at HERA focused on using deep-inelastic scattering
to
probe experimental aspects of quantum chromodynamics. With Amanda
Cooper-Sarkar he wrote the definitive text on `Deep-Inelastic
Scattering' (OUP 2004). Tony Weidberg did a PhD at the University
of Cambridge and then worked from 1982-1989 at CERN on the UA2
experiment at the CERN antiproton-proton collider. He worked on the
discovery of the W and Z bosons and on the development of a novel
scintillating fibre detector. He moved to Oxford in 1989 to work on
silicon detector R&D for the
LHC. He was a founding member of the ATLAS collaboration and
jointly leads the Oxford ATLAS group which has become one of the
largest university groups in ATLAS. He worked on the R&D for
electrical and optical
services for the ATLAS SemiConductor Tracker (SCT) and was
responsible for the production and QA/QC for these subsystems. He
worked on the analysis of some of the Standard Model measurements
at the LHC. Giles Barr did his undergraduate degree in physics at
the University of Oxford and continued at Oxford as a graduate
student working on underground detector physics at the Soudan-2
experiment. There, he worked with Tom Gaisser and Todor Stanev on
calculating the fluxes of neutrinos produced by
cosmic rays in the atmosphere. After obtaining his doctorate in
1988, he moved to the CERN laboratory in Geneva to work on the
direct CP violation search experiment NA31. After becoming a
research
scientist at CERN, he moved to the NA48 experiment, which further
studied the phenomenon of direct CP violation in kaons. In 2000, he
joined the faculty at the University of Oxford and moved back to
neutrino physics, working first on the MINOS and then the T2K
long-baseline neutrino experiments. He is currently working on the
design of the next generation of long-baseline neutrino
experiments, designed specifically to observe the CP violation in
the neutrino sector, should it exist. Roman
Walczak studied physics at the University of Warsaw where he was
employed after graduation in 1977. Whilst affiliated with Warsaw,
he spent large fraction of his time being involved in projects
abroad,
mostly at DESY and CERN. In 1981 he obtained Dr. rer. nat. degree
from the Heidelberg University. His main expertise in particle
physics is in design of wire chambers and calorimeters and on
physics beyond SM as well as on some aspects of the QCD. He worked
on projects at the following accelerators: PS, ISR, SPS at CERN,
and PETRA and HERA at DESY. He is one of the founders of the ZEUS
experiment. He was one the ZEUS coordinators responsible for
designing, building and commissioning of the
ZEUS detector. He also served as a coordinator of Exotic (i.e.
Beyond SM) Physics Group. In 1993 he moved to Oxford as University
Lecturer at the University of Oxford and Tutorial Fellow at
Somerville
College. He was promoted to Reader in 2008 and to Associate
Professor in 2014.
`A comprehensive pedagogical account of the current state of
particle physics, from some of the people involved in establishing
the evidence-base for the Standard Model. It covers the required
mathematical and experimental tools required in order to understand
the way physics work, at the LHC and beyond.'
Jonathan Butterworth, University College London
`'Particle Physics in the LHC Era' lives up to its title indeed.
This modern textbook covers all relevant aspects of the physics at
the LHC. Remarkably, the authors succeeded in keeping the book at a
level accessible to advanced undergraduates, from both the
mathematical and physics perspective. I would not be surprised to
see this outstanding textbook become a standard reference for
decades to come!
'
Oleg Brandt, Kirchhoff-Institut für Physik, Heidelberg
`This book has been missing from the education of contemporary
particle physicists. It is written by world-class physicists with
international reputation in research, who also have many years of
teaching experience at the University of Oxford. The book not only
provides the foundations of particle physics that are taught in
advanced undergraduate and graduate courses, but also gives a novel
experimentally-driven view on the subject matter. The authors
have
succeeded in making captivating links between physics concepts with
at times complicated mathematical formulae and cutting-edge
research that takes place at international laboratories, e.g. at
CERN and
the ground-breaking research at the LHC. Young physicists will
learn how experimental physics research is conducted nowadays and
will acquire the basic concepts to carry it out on their own in
their future careers in physics. This is a book that should find
its place in any physicist's bookshelf.
'
Alessandro Tricoli, CERN
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