Non-Accelerator Particle Physics
Hans Volker Klapdor-Kleingrothaus, Andreas Staudt · 1998
Modern elementary particle theories: The elementary constituents of matter The elementary interactions Symmetries and invariances Gauge theories and the standard model Models of grand unification The description of neutrinos Outlook. Accelerator particle physics: Energy scales of accelerators Physics at the accelerators of the 1990s Outlook. The early universe and particle physics: The cosmological standard model Inflationary models The primordial nucleosynthesis. Proton decay: Baryon decay Predictions of the lifetime of the proton Proton decay experiments. Neutron-antineutron oscillations, and electric dipole moment of the neutron: Electric dipole moment of elementary particles Measurement of neutron electric dipole moment Neutron-antineutron oscillations. Experiments to determine the neutrino mass: Direct determination of the neutrino mass Double beta decay The supernova SN1987A. Neutrino oscillations: Introduction to neutrino oscillations The formal theory Experiments on neutrino oscillations. Magnetic monopoles: Introduction, historical overview Theoretical concepts Detection of magnetic monopoles Experimental results. The search for dark matter in the universe: Evidence for dark matter Candidates for dark matter Experiments to detect dark matter. Particles with a fractional charge: The quark confinement Experiments to search for free quarks. Fifth force: theoretical expectations and experimental status: Introduction Theoretical expectations Experimental search for a fifth force. Time dependence of natural constants: Introduction Theoretical predictions Experiments to search for time dependence. Bibliography. Index.