Introduction to Particle and Astroparticle Physics by De Angelis, Alessandro; Pimenta, Mário Joao Martins;

Short description:

This book, written by researchers who worked in accelerator physics before becoming leaders of groups in astroparticle physics, demonstrates that a renewed study of cosmic rays must be a part of "modern" research in the new particle physics.

Long description:

This book, written by researchers who had been professionals in accelerator physics before becoming leaders of groups in astroparticle physics, introduces both fields in a balanced and elementary way, requiring only a basic knowledge of quantum mechanics on the part of the reader. 

The new profile of scientists in fundamental physics ideally involves the merging of knowledge in astroparticle and particle physics, but the duration of modern experiments is such that people cannot simultaneously be practitioners in both. Introduction to Particle and Astroparticle Physics is designed to bridge the gap between the fields. It can be used as a self-training book, a consultation book, or a textbook providing a ?modern? approach to particles and fundamental interactions.

Table of Contents:

Understanding the universe: particles and their interactions.- The birth and the basics of particle physics.- Cosmic rays and the development of particle physics.- Particle detection.- Particles and symmetries.- Interactions and field theories.- The Higgs mechanism and the standard model of particle physics.- The standard model of cosmology and the dark universe.- Neutrino oscillations and masses.- Messengers from the high-energy universe.- Astrobiology, and the relation of fundamental physics to life.