Friedrich Jegerlehner (auth.), Friedrich Jegerlehner (eds.)3540726330, 9783540726333
It seems to be a strange enterprise to attempt write a physics book about a single number. It was not my idea to do so, but why not. In mathematics, maybe, one would write a book about ?. Certainly, the muon’s anomalous magnetic moment is a very special number and today re?ects almost the full spectrum of e?ects incorporated in today’s Standard Model (SM) of fun- mental interactions, including the electromagnetic, the weak and the strong forces. The muon g? 2, how it is also called, is a truly fascinating theme both from an experimental and from a theoretical point of view and it has played a crucial role in the development of QED which ?nally developed into the SM by successive inclusion of the weak and the strong interactions. The topic has fascinated a large number of particle physicists, last but not least it was always a benchmark for theory as a monitor for e?ects beyond what was known at the time. As an example, nobody could believe that a muon is just a heavy version of an electron; why should nature repeat itself, it hardly can make sense. |
Table of contents :
Front Matter….Pages I-XIII
Front Matter….Pages 1-1
Introduction….Pages 3-21
Quantum Field Theory and Quantum Electrodynamics….Pages 23-133
Lepton Magnetic Moments: Basics….Pages 135-203
Front Matter….Pages 205-205
Electromagnetic and Weak Radiative Corrections….Pages 207-262
Hadronic Effects….Pages 263-345
The g – 2 Experiments….Pages 347-374
Comparison Between Theory and Experiment and Future Perspectives….Pages 375-420
Back Matter….Pages 421-426 |
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