文档介绍：An introduction to relativistic
processes and the standard model
of electroweak interactions
Carlo M. hi, Giovanni Ridolfi
An introduction
to relativistic processes
and the standard model
of electroweak interactions
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CARLO M. HI
GIOVANNI RIDOLFI
Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare - Sezione di Genova
Series Unitext
Editorial board: G. Parisi, M. Cini, S. Forte, M. Inguscio, G. Montagna,
O. Nicrosini, F. Pacini, L. Peliti, A. Rotondi
Library of Congress Control Number: 2005934433
ISBN-10 88-470-0420-9 Springer Milan Berlin Heidelberg New York
ISBN-13 978-88-470-0420-7
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Preface
The natural framework of high-energy physics is relativistic quantum field
theory. This is plex subject, and it is difficult to illustrate it in all
its aspects within a normal undergraduate course in particle physics, while
devoting a sufficient attention to phenomenological aspects. However, in the
small-wavelength limit, the semi-classical approximation is, in many cases of
practical relevance, accurate enough to provide reliable predictions without
entering the technicalities connected with radiative corrections. In p