Elementary-Particle Physics:

Revealing the Secrets of Energy and Matter

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Size: 192 pages, 6 x 9

Publication Year:1998

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Committee on Elementary-Particle Physics, National Research Council
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Part of the Physics in a New Era series of assessments of the various branches of the field, Elementary-Particle Physics reviews progress in the field over the past 10 years and recommends actions needed to address the key questions that ...
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Front Matter	i-xvi
Executive Summary	1-15	(skim)
1 Introduction	16-20	(skim)
2 What is Elementary-Particle Physics?	21-32	(skim)
3 Symmetries, Forces, and Particles	33-51	(skim)
4 The Past 25 Years: Establishing the Standard Model	52-67	(skim)
5 The Physics of the Next Decade	68-77	(skim)
6 Accelerators and Detectors: The Tools of Elementary-Particle Physics	78-100	(skim)
7 The Role of New Facilities	101-109	(skim)
8 Accelerator-Detector Technology and Benefits to Society	110-120	(skim)
9 Interactions with and Connections to Other Branches of Physics and Technology	121-134	(skim)
10 Elementary-Particle Physics in Today's Society	135-150	(skim)
11 Conclusions and Recommendations	151-160	(skim)
Appendix: Glossary, Abbreviations, and Acronyms	161-177	(skim)

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Part of the Physics in a New Era series of assessments of the various branches of the field, Elementary-Particle Physics reviews progress in the field over the past 10 years and recommends actions needed to address the key questions that remain unanswered. It explains in simple terms the present picture of how matter is constructed. As physicists have probed ever deeper into the structure of matter, they have begun to explore one of the most fundamental questions that one can ask about the universe: What gives matter its mass? A new international accelerator to be built at the European laboratory CERN will begin to explore some of the mechanisms proposed to give matter its heft. The committee recommends full U.S. participation in this project as well as various other experiments and studies to be carried out now and in the longer term.

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Revealing the Secrets of Energy and Matter

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