The new experiments underway at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN in Switzerland may significantly change our understanding of elementary particle physics and, indeed, the universe. This textbook provides a cutting-edge introduction to the field, preparing first-year graduate students and advanced undergraduates to understand and work in LHC physics at the dawn of what promises to be an era of experimental and theoretical breakthroughs. Christopher Tully, an active participant in the work at the LHC, explains some of the most recent experiments in the field. But this book, which emerged from a.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Particle Physics: A Brief Overview -- 2. Dirac Equation and Quantum Electrodynamics -- 3. Gauge Principle -- 4. Hadrons -- 5. Detectors and Measurements -- 6. Neutrino Oscillations and CKM Measurements -- 7. e[sup(+)]e[sup( -- )] Collider Physics -- 8. Hadron Colliders -- 9. Higgs Physics. -- Appendix: Standard Model Interactions and Their Vertex Forms.

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