Supersimmetria. Squark, fotini, sparticelle: svelare le leggi ultime della natura

by Gordon Kane

Paperback, 2005

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Available

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Publication

Bollati Boringhieri (2005), Paperback

Description

"A fascinating account of the theoretical ideas behind supersymmetry...told by someone who has contributed deeply to the development of the field." - Nature For most of human history, man has been trying to discover just how the universe works. In this ground-breaking work, renowned physicist Gordon Kane first gives us the basics of the Standard Model, which describes the fundamental constituents and forces of nature. He then explains the next great leap in understanding: the theory of supersymmetry, which implies that each of the fundamental particles has a "superpartner" that can be detected at energies and intensities only now being achieved in the giant accelerators. If Kane and his colleagues are correct, these superpartners will also help solve many of the puzzles of modern physics-such as the existence of the Higgs boson-as well as one of the biggest mysteries is cosmology: the notorious "dark matter" of the universe.… (more)

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LibraryThing member Nodosaurus

This is a light-weight book on particle physics with no math, touching on elements of quantum chromodynamics. It starts with basics of quantum mechanics and a basic introduction to Feynman diagrams. It discusses basic mechanics of the standard model, why it needs extensions and how we can get

there. Dr. Kane goes into the capabilities of different colliders and their different technologies, then dives into supersymmetry particles, the search for the Higgs particle and string theory.

In spite of the topic, it is a fairly easy read, written well and is interesting, written at a good level for anyone interested in the material but not extremely versed in the science itself.

Dr. Kane is a professor at the U. of Michigan, director emeritus at the Leinweber Institute for Theoretical Physics and is a leader in string theory.

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Subjects

Particles (Nuclear physics) Popular works

Standard model (Nuclear physics) Popular works

Supersymmetry

Supersymmetry Popular works

Language

Italian

Physical description

231 p.; 8.66 inches

ISBN

8833916324 / 9788833916323

Local notes

Di cosa è fatta la materia oscura dell'Universo, che nessuna apparecchiatura scientifica è in grado di osservare direttamente? Perché, nel mondo in cui viviamo, c'è più materia che antimateria? Cos'è il bosone di Higgs, e perché lo si ricerca in tutti i grandi acceleratori di particelle? C'è una teoria fisica, la supersimmetria, che promette di dare una risposta a questi e a molti altri interrogativi. Il suo obiettivo è modificare e integrare il cosiddetto Modello Standard con cui, a partire dagli anni settanta, i fisici delle particelle spiegano i costituenti fondamentali della materia (quark e leptoni) e le forze fondamentali della natura (la gravitazione, l'elettromagnetismo, le interazioni debole e forte).
Gordon Kane ci accompagna alla scoperta di questa teoria, che prende forma nei giganteschi acceleratori di particelle europei e americani, e che sembra dischiudere una via di accesso al segreto ultimo dell'universo e dei suoi costituenti.
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