Boyarkin O.M. Introduction to Physics of Elementary Particles

Nova Science Publishers, Inc. New York , 2007, 244 p.
In the textbook all the known types of fundamental interactions are considered. The main
directions of their unification are viewed. The basic theoretical ideas and the basic
experiments, which allow to establish a quark-lepton level of a matter structure, are discussed.
The general scheme of building up the theory of interacting fields with the help of the local
gauge invariance principle is given. This scheme is used under presentation of the basic
aspects of the quantum chromodynamics and the electroweak theory by Weinberg-Salam-
Glashow. Principles of operation and designs of accelerators, neutrino telescopes, and
elementary particle detectors are considered. The modern theory of the Universe evolution is
described.
The textbook is primarily meant for Physics Department students. The book also will
be useful to teachers, researches, post-graduate students and to all who are interested in
problems of a modern physics.