Lie Algebras In Particle Physics: from Isospin To Unified TheoriesAn exciting new edition of a classic text |
Contents
Why Group Theory? | 1 |
1 Finite Groups | 2 |
2 Lie Groups | 43 |
3 SU2 | 56 |
4 Tensor Operators | 68 |
5 Isospin | 79 |
6 Roots and Weights | 90 |
7 SU3 | 98 |
16 Color | 214 |
17 Constituent Quarks | 221 |
18 Unified Theories and SU5 | 225 |
19 The Classical Groups | 237 |
20 The Classification Theorem | 244 |
21 SO2n + 1 and Spinors | 255 |
22 SO2n + 2 Spinors | 265 |
23 SUn in SO2n | 270 |
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Lie Algebras In Particle Physics: from Isospin To Unified Theories Howard Georgi No preview available - 1999 |
Lie Algebras in Particle Physics: From Isospin to Unified Theories Howard Georgi No preview available - 1995 |
Common terms and phrases
adjoint representation angular momentum annihilation operators anticommute automorphism baryon boxes Cartan Clifford algebra commutation relations complex conjugate conjugacy classes construct corresponding creation operators decompose defining representation diagonal doublet Dynkin diagram equivalent example finite group Gell-Mann group elements hermitian Higgs field highest weight Hilbert space I-system integers invariant tensor irreducible representations isospin J3 value labels lemma Lie algebra linear combination lower indices lowering operators mass matrix elements mesons multiplication law neutrino neutron non-zero nontrivial notation nucleon orthogonal pair particles Pauli matrices permutation physics positive roots proton quantum quarks raising and lowering representation of SU(3 right-handed satisfy Schur's lemma simple roots singlet spin spinor representations SU(N subalgebra subgroup subspace symmetry tensor operators tensor product theorem theory tion traceless trivial unitary vacuum value vector Young tableau zero α¹ α² μ² σα Χα