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Astroparticle Physics: Theory and Phenomenology

:	Günter Sigl
:	Astroparticle Physics: Theory and Phenomenology
:	Atlantis Press
:	9789462392434
:	1
:	CHF 255.60
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:	Astronomie
:	English

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This books aims at giving an overview over theoretical and phenomenological aspects of particle astrophysics and particle cosmology. To be of interest for both students and researchers in neighboring fields of physics, it keeps a balance between well established foundations that will not significantly change in the future and a more in-depth treatment of selected subfields in which significant new developments have been taking place recently. These include high energy particle astrophysics, such as cosmic high energy neutrinos, the interplay between detection techniques of dark matter in the laboratory and in high energy cosmic radiation, axion-like particles, and relics of the early Universe such as primordial magnetic fields and gravitational waves. It also contains exercises and thus will be suitable for both introductory and advanced courses in astroparticle physics.

	Foreword	7
	Preface	9
	Acknowledgements	14
	Contents	15
	Acronyms	22
	Notations and Conventions	23
	Latin Symbols	25
	Greek and Calligraphic Symbols	28
	Vectors	30
	Part I Fundamentals of Particle Physics	31
	1 Electroweak Interactions and Neutrinos	32
	1.1 Neutrinos and Weak Interactions	32
	1.2 Fermi Theory of Nuclear Beta Decay	33
	1.3 Free Neutrinos: Inverse ?-Decay	34
	1.4 Parity Violation in ?-Decay	36
	1.5 Helicity of the Neutrino	36
	1.6 The Structure of the Electroweak Interaction	37
	1.6.1 Minkowski Space-Time and Lorentz Transformations	37
	1.6.2 Particles as Representations of Space-Time Symmetries	44
	1.6.3 The V--A Interaction	53
	1.7 Majorana Fermions	54
	1.8 Charged Pion and Muon Decay	57
	1.8.1 Muon Decay and Michel Parameter	57
	1.8.2 Branching Ratio of Pion Decay as a Signature of V--A Interactions	58
	1.9 Weak Neutral Currents, the GIM Model and Charm	59
	2 The Fundamental Gauge Interactions and Their Description	65
	2.1 Introduction	65
	2.2 Interaction Rates, Amplitudes and Cross Sections	67
	2.2.1 Scattering Amplitudes, Partial Waves and Unitarity	67
	2.2.2 Amplitudes and Cross Sections	72
	2.3 Renormalizability	77
	2.4 Gauge Symmetries and Interactions	80
	2.4.1 The Action and Its Symmetries	81
	2.4.2 Canonical and Path Integral Quantization	85
	2.4.3 Gauge Interactions of Matter Fields	89
	2.4.4 Gauge Interactions and Gauge Fields	91
	2.4.5 Conformal Invariance and Conformal Transformations	108
	2.4.6 Gauge Symmetries and Quantization	110
	2.5 The Electromagnetic Interaction	111
	2.5.1 Standard Electrodynamics	111
	2.5.2 Extensions of Electrodynamics	119
	2.6 The Electroweak Interaction	124
	2.7 The Strong Interaction	133
	2.8 The Gravitational Interaction	140
	2.9 Limitations of the Standard Model	153
	2.10 Beyond the Standard Model	154
	2.10.1 Unification of Interactions and Grand Unified Theories (GUTs)	154
	2.10.2 Topological Defects and Non-topological Solitons	156
	2.10.3 Supersymmetric Extensions of the Standard Model	165
	2.10.4 Extra Dimensions	171
	2.10.5 Quantum Field Theory on Curved Space-Time and Quantum Gravity	174
	2.10.6 String Theory and Other Approaches	179
	2.11 About the Question of Fundamental Units	183
	Feynman Diagrams and Feynman Rules	184
	Fundamentals of Cosmology and Astrophysics	193
	3 The Universe Between Today and First Light	195
	3.1 Sources Powered by Nuclear Energy: Stars	195
	3.2 Sources Powered by Gravitational Energy: Black Holes and Accretion	202
	3.2.1 General Aspects	202
	3.2.2 The Hydrodynamics of Accretion Disks	204
	3.2.3 Schwarzschild Black Holes	212
	3.2.4 Kerr Black Holes	216
	3.2.5 Gravitation and Thermodynamics	221
	3.3 The Universe at Large Scales: Hubble's Law	225
	3.4 The Cosmological Principle and the Friedmann Equations	228
	3.5 The Formation of Structure	239
	3.6 Basics of Plasma Physics and Magnetohydrodynamics	249
	3.6.1 Unmagnetized Plasmas	249
	3.6.2 Magnetohydrodynamics of Non-helical and Helical Magnetic Fields	257
	3.6.3 Magnetic Dynamos	274
	3.6.4 Waves in a Magnetized Plasma	277
	3.6.5 Plasma Instabilities	280
	3.6.6 Magnetic Fields, Angular Momentum and Accretion Disks	285
	3.7 Gravitational Lensing	290
	Discontinuities and Shocks	302
	4 The Early Universe Before First Light	316
	4.1 Equilibrium Thermodynamics	316
	4.2 The Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB)	322
	4.3 Thermal Relics from the Early Universe: Neutrino and Dark Matter Freeze-Out	334
	4.4 Big Bang Nucleosynthesis (BBN)	344
	4.5 Phase Transitions and Their Relics	348
	4.6 Magnetohydrodynamics and Primordial Magnetic Fields	359
	4.6.1 Modeling Primordial Magnetic Fields	360
	4.6.2 Possible Role of Chiral Magnetic Effects	367
	4.6.3 Observational Constraints	377
	4.7 The Origin of Matter: Leptogenesis and Baryogenesis	379
	4.7.1 The Creation of Leptons and Baryons at the Electroweak Scale	380
	4.7.2 Leptogenesis and Baryogenesis Beyond the Standard Model	385
	4.8 Inflation and Density Perturbations	393
	4.9 Reheating	415
	4.10 Cosmology, Initial Conditions and the Arrow of Time	418
	Part III High Energy Cosmic and Gamma-Rays	424
	5 Detection Techniques and Experimental Results	425
	5.1 Detection Techniques for High Energy Cosmic Rays	425
	5.1.1 Physics of Air Showers and Radiation in Media	426
	5.1.2 Detection from Space	443
	5.1.3 Detection from the Ground	444
	5.2 Ob