TY - BOOK ID - 5312652 TI - Unification and supersymmetry : the frontiers of quark-lepton physics PY - 2003 SN - 0387955348 9786610009978 1280009977 0387227369 PB - New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Grand unified theories (Nuclear physics) KW - Supersymmetry KW - Particles (Nuclear physics) KW - Unification, Théories de grande KW - Supersymétrie KW - Particules (Physique nucléaire) KW - Grand unified theories (Nuclear physics). KW - Particles (Nuclear physics). KW - Supersymmetry. KW - Nuclear Physics KW - Physics KW - Physical Sciences & Mathematics KW - Unification, Théories de grande KW - Supersymétrie KW - Particules (Physique nucléaire) KW - EPUB-LIV-FT SPRINGER-B KW - Physics. KW - Quantum physics. KW - Elementary particles (Physics). KW - Quantum field theory. KW - Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory. KW - Quantum Physics. KW - Quantum theory. KW - Quantum dynamics KW - Quantum mechanics KW - Quantum physics KW - Mechanics KW - Thermodynamics KW - Relativistic quantum field theory KW - Field theory (Physics) KW - Quantum theory KW - Relativity (Physics) KW - Elementary particles (Physics) KW - High energy physics KW - Nuclear particles KW - Nucleons KW - Nuclear physics UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:5312652 AB - Derived from a course given at the University of Maryland for advanced graduate students, this book deals with some of the latest developments in our attempts to construct a unified theory of the fundamental interactions of nature. Among the topics covered are spontaneous symmetry breaking, grand unified theories, supersymmetry, and supergravity. the book starts with a quick review of elementary particle theory and continues with a discussion of composite quarks, leptons, Higgs bosons, and CP violation; it concludes with consideration of supersymmetric unification schemes, in which bosons and leptons are considered in some sense equivalent. The third edition will be completely revised and brought up to date, particularly by including discussions of the many experimental developments in recent years. ER -