Kai Zuber - Böcker

When Kai Zuber’s pioneering text on neutrinos was published in 2003, the author correctly predicted that the field would see tremendous growth in the immediate future. In that book, Professor Zuber provided a comprehensive self-contained examination of neutrinos, covering their research history and theory, as well as their application to particle physics, astrophysics, nuclear physics, and the broad reach of cosmology; but now to be truly comprehensive and accurate, the field’s seminal reference needs to be revised and expanded to include the latest research, conclusions, and implications.Revised as needed to be equal to the research of today, Neutrino Physics, Third Edition delves into neutrino cross-sections, mass measurements, double beta decay, solar neutrinos, neutrinos from supernovae, and high-energy neutrinos, as well as entirely new experimental results in the context of theoretical models. Written to be accessible to graduate students and readers from diverse backgrounds, this edition, like the first, provides both an introduction to the field as well as the information needed by those looking to make their own contributions to it. And like the second edition, it whets the researcher’s appetite, going beyond certainty to pose those questions that still need answers.FeaturesPresents the only single-author comprehensive text on neutrino physicsIncludes experimental and theoretical particle physics and examines solar neutrinos and astroparticle implicationsOffers details on new developments and recent experiments

When Kai Zuber’s pioneering text on neutrinos was published in 2003, the author correctly predicted that the field would see tremendous growth in the immediate future. In that book, Professor Zuber provided a comprehensive self-contained examination of neutrinos, covering their research history and theory, as well as their application to particle physics, astrophysics, nuclear physics, and the broad reach of cosmology; but now to be truly comprehensive and accurate, the field’s seminal reference needs to be revised and expanded to include the latest research, conclusions, and implications.Revised as needed to be equal to the research of today, Neutrino Physics, Third Edition delves into neutrino cross-sections, mass measurements, double beta decay, solar neutrinos, neutrinos from supernovae, and high-energy neutrinos, as well as entirely new experimental results in the context of theoretical models. Written to be accessible to graduate students and readers from diverse backgrounds, this edition, like the first, provides both an introduction to the field as well as the information needed by those looking to make their own contributions to it. And like the second edition, it whets the researcher’s appetite, going beyond certainty to pose those questions that still need answers.FeaturesPresents the only single-author comprehensive text on neutrino physicsIncludes experimental and theoretical particle physics and examines solar neutrinos and astroparticle implicationsOffers details on new developments and recent experiments

Die letzten bei den Jahrzehnte haben eine explosive Entwicklung der Teil­ und Kosmologie erlebt. Die Teilchenphysik erwies chenphysik, Astrophysik sich als ein entscheidendes Mittel zum tieferen Verständnis des Universums. Das Aufkommen der Theorien der Großen Vereinigung der Kräfte in der Teil­ chenphysik erlaubte, das frühe Universum bis zu den frühesten Zeitpunkten zurückzuverfolgen. Umgekehrt treten in astrophysikalischen und kosmologi­ schen Prozessen Energien auf, die man in Beschleunigern auf absehbare oder besser unabsehbare Zeit nicht erreichen kann, und die die Realisierung ei­ nes Teils der Fülle der exotischen teilchentheoretischen Vorhersagen erlaubt haben könnten: Baryogenese, Inflation, die Produktion exotischer Teilchen - Monopole, kosmische Strings, Axionen und viele andere. Supersymmetri­ sche Teilchen (Neutralinos) sind Kandidaten für kalte dunkle Materie, die die soeben der Beobachtung zugänglich gewordene großräumige Struktur des Universums und ihre Entstehung verständlich machen könnten. Neutrinos sind Kandidaten für heiße dunkle Materie. Eigenschaften von Neutrinos be­ einflussen die Explosion der Supernovae. Astrophysikalische Neutrinoquellen helfen bei der Bestimmung von Neutrino-Eigenschaften, die eine Schlüssel­ funktion für die Struktur der Elementarteilchen-Theorien einnehmen. Astro­ physikalisch erzeugte Axionen sondieren das starke CP-Problem der QCD. Es entstand ein neues Forschungsgebiet, die Teilchenastrophysik, in der man von zwei Seiten versucht, einigen der fundamentalen Probleme der modernen Physik näherzukommen. Das enorme Wachstum in diesem Bereich macht es - insbesondere für den Anfänger auf diesem Gebiet - zunehmend schwieriger, der Entwicklung auf dem Wege über die Fachliteratur zu folgen.