The particle physics booklet – reviews only

Table of contents :
_0. Introduction……Page 1
_1. Online particle physics information……Page 16
01. Physical constants……Page 44
02. Astrophysical constants……Page 45
03. International system of units (SI)……Page 47
04. Periodic table of the elements……Page 49
05. Electronic structure of the elements……Page 50
06. Atomic and nuclear properties of materials……Page 52
07. Electromagnetic relations……Page 54
08. Naming scheme for hadrons……Page 56
09. Quantum chromodynamics……Page 60
10. Electroweak model and constraints on new physics……Page 85
11. CKM quark-mixing matrix……Page 135
12. C P violation in meson decays……Page 155
13. Neutrino mixing……Page 183
14. Quark model……Page 206
15. Grand Unified Theories……Page 226
16. Structure functions – plots……Page 246
16. Structure functions……Page 254
17. Fragmentation functions in e+ e- annihilation and DIS……Page 269
18. Experimental tests of gravitational theory……Page 295
19. Big-Bang cosmology……Page 307
20. Big-Bang nucleosynthesis……Page 337
21. The Cosmological Parameters……Page 348
22. Dark matter……Page 373
23. Cosmic microwave background……Page 385
24. Cosmic rays……Page 404
25. Accelerator physics of col liders……Page 423
26. High-energy col lider parameters……Page 431
27. Passage of particles through matter……Page 434
28. Particle detectors……Page 468
29. Radioactivity and radiation protection……Page 526
30. Commonly used radioactive sources……Page 533
31. Probability……Page 534
32. Statistics……Page 545
33. Monte Carlo techniques……Page 572
35. Clebsch-Gordan coefficients……Page 579
36. SU(3) isoscalar factors and ………Page 580
37. SU(n) multiplets and Young diagrams……Page 583
38. Kinematics……Page 586
39. Cross-section formulae for specific processes……Page 597
40. Plots of cross sections and related quantities……Page 605