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Topic: Elementary particle physics

	UA Physics Department - Theoretical Elementary Particle Physics
		Elementary particle physics is the quest to discover and understand the properties and interactions of the fundamental building blocks of matter.
		By exploring the interplay between string theory and particle physics, my goal is to understand the novel ways in which the two can enrich each other and ultimately provide new and unexpected perspectives on physics beyond the Standard Model.
		Johann Rafelski (rafelski@physics.arizona.edu): Exploration of quark-gluon plasma formed at RHIC and in the early universe; strongly interacting probes (strange and charmed particles) for the study of deconfined phase of QCD; structure of the QCD and QED vacuum.
	www.physics.arizona.edu /physics/research/theorpart.html (704 words)

	Elementary particle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In the modern theory of particle physics, the Standard Model, the quarks, leptons, and gauge bosons are elementary particles.
		A central feature in elementary particle theory is the early 20th century idea of "quanta", which revolutionised the understanding of electromagnetic radiation and brought about quantum mechanics.
		Particles associated with fundamental forces are bosons, having integer spin.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Elementary_particle (1566 words)

	USC Elementary Particle Physics
		Elementary Particle Physics is the study of the structure of matter and the fundamental laws governing matter deep inside the atom.
		The members of the Particle Physics group at USC have contributed to the development of the above ideas over the years, and currently their main emphasis is on superstring theory and related topics.
		In mathematical physics pioneered research on the physical applications of quantum groups in exactly solvable lattice models, and the relationship between such lattice models and conformal field theory.
	www.usc.edu /dept/physics/Brochure/ElementaryParticles.html (713 words)

	Elementary Particle Physics
		Target in a particle physics detector: the particle beam hits 4 thin wires, the resulting particle reactions are subsequently analysed.
		For example, significant scientific challenges lie in unifying the fundamental theories of physics - namely quantum physics and the general theory of relativity - and in continuing the search for the supersymmetry partners of all known particles.
		Elementary particle physicists study the smallest building blocks of matter and analyse the forces which act between them.
	www.helmholtz.de /en/Research_Fields/Structure_of_Matter/Elementary_Particle_Physics.html (277 words)

	Elementary Particle Physics Glossary
		Particle theories predict the probabilities of various possible events occurring when many similar collisions or decays are studied.
		A process in which a particle decays or it responds to a force due to the presence of another particle (as in a collision).
		The rest mass of a particle is the mass defined by the energy of the isolated (free) particle at rest, divided by the speed of light squared.
	hepwww.ph.qmw.ac.uk /epp/glossary.html (2080 words)

	Elementary Particle Physics
		Elementary particle physics is concerned with the constituents of matter and with the forces between them.
		Elementary particle physics has adapted the idea of phases and phase transitions from condensed matter physics.
		The physical relevance of string theory has yet to be established at this fundamental level, but work is in progress both in building more realistic versions of the theory and in trying to understand its mathematical structure, a subject of great interest in its own right.
	www.damtp.cam.ac.uk /brochure/1995/node3.html (725 words)

	UW-Madison Physics Alumni Directory, The Wisconsin Physicist, PhysWeb
		Particle physics has been a major research area since the early 1950s.
		Graduate students involved in experimental particle physics investigations may expect to spend two or more years at the accelerator laboratory, once they have completed their course work in Madison.
		The next decade promises to be one of the most exciting in the history of particle physics because of the incoming data from high energy experiments.
	www.physics.wisc.edu /research/particle-pheno.html (1892 words)

	Particle physics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Particle physics is a branch of physics that studies the elementary constituents of matter and radiation, and the interactions between them.
		Strictly speaking, the term particle is a misnomer because the dynamics of particle physics are governed by quantum mechanics.
		This divide of efforts in particle physics is reflected in the names of categories on the preprint archive [2]: hep-th (theory), hep-ph (phenomenology), hep-ex (experiments), hep-lat (lattice gauge theory).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Particle_physics (2157 words)

	UCT Physics: Elementary Particle Physics Glossary
		The energy appears in some other form, perhaps as a different particle and its antiparticle (and their energy), perhaps as many mesons, perhaps as a single neutral boson, or perhaps as gamma rays.
		Radiation (usually in ultra-violet) emitted by a fast charged particle travelling in a medium when its velocity is greater than the speed of light in that medium.
		A photon emitted in the decay of excited states of nuclei, or in elementary particle decay, or by accelerated charged particles.
	www.phy.uct.ac.za /courses/phy400w/particle/ppgloss.htm (2398 words)

	Theoretical Elementary Particle Physics - Chicago
		The Particle Theory Group at the University of Chicago, part of the Enrico Fermi Institute, carries out research on a wide range of theoretical topics in formal and phenomenological particle physics, including field theory, string theory, supersymmetry, the standard model, cosmology, and mathematical physics.
		Much of the success of particle physics is based on situations where there is a small parameter (such as the fine structure constant in QED) and quantities of physical interest can be expanded in a perturbative series in terms of this small parameter.
		Among the most relevant open questions in particle physics are the ones related to the origin of mass and to the existence of matter in the Universe.
	physics.uchicago.edu /t_part.html (3277 words)

	A Path Forward: "Charting the Course for Elementary Particle Physics"
		The composition of this committee, which included scientists from the physical sciences and life sciences, as well as industrialists and science policy experts, "was something of an experiment for the National Academies" the report notes.
		Also of note in this changing environment is annual particle physics research funding, with Europe now spending twice as much as the U.S. The report sets forth a strategy for the U.S. to sustain its leadership in particle physics, and to regain it as groundbreaking research moves to Europe in coming years.
		It declares "particle physics should evolve into a truly global collaboration that would enable the particle physics community to leverage its resources, prevent duplication of effort, and maximize opportunities for particle physicists throughout the world." As noted in another of these principles, "In today's world, leadership in the sciences does not mean singular dominance.
	www.aip.org /fyi/2006/064.html (764 words)

	PARTICLE
		Plenty of time is dedicated to working the laboratory so that new teachers will become comfortable with the entire experimental process that their students will go through: thinking of a question, designing an experiment to answer their question, collecting the necessary data, analyzing their data, and evaluating their results.
		PARTICLE Day - This is a one-day poster conference at the end of the school year where students have the opportunity to share their research with their peers.
		The Physics, Chemistry, and Earth Science Regents curricula stipulate that 1200 minutes must be spent doing laboratory activities; students are also required to demonstrate laboratory skills to pass the course.
	www.pas.rochester.edu /~pavone/particle-www (857 words)

	Theoretical Elementary Particle Physics
		The aim of research in elementary particle theory is to discover the laws of physics which have governed the Universe since the time of the Big Bang.
		Faculty and students in our elementary particle theory group are actively exploring these questions, with a view to understanding the connection between the universe at very large and very small.
		The first two conferences on PArticles, Strings and COSmology (PASCOS) were held at NU in 1990 and 1991; Stephen Hawking attended these conferences and delivered public lectures in addition to his contributions to the conference.
	www.physics.neu.edu /Department/Vtwo/research/tep.htm (808 words)

	Baylor University \|\| Department of Physics \|\| Elementary Particle Theory
		The goal of theoretical elementary particle physics is to understand the most fundamental laws which govern our universe, and to understand the structure and nature of the universe at the deepest level.
		Large high-energy physics laboratories such as the ones at FermiLab, SLAC, and CERN, have been very successful in verifying the predictions of the standard model, with the exception of finding the Higgs boson.
		If you are interested in studying the role of higher-order radiative corrections in particle physics phenomenology, you may contact Dr. Ward.
	www.baylor.edu /physics/index.php?id=11473 (987 words)

	Inquiring Minds
		Particle physics and astrophysics go hand in hand: studying the universe at the smallest and biggest scales.
		Particle physicists try to understand the nature of nature at the smallest scales possible.
		Particles called quarks and leptons seem to be the fundamental building blocks - but perhaps there is something even smaller.
	www.fnal.gov /pub/inquiring/matter (383 words)

	Elementary Particle Physics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		A non-mathematical introduction to the standard model of particle physics - the strong and electroweak interactions between the basic constituents of the world, quarks and leptons, via the exchange of gluons, photons and W and Z particles.
		Particle astrophysics - the relationship between particle physics and cosmology.
		The main aim of the Elementary Particle Physics course is to teach the fundamentals of the Standard Model of Particle Physics in a non-mathematical way.
	www.ph.qmul.ac.uk /ughandbook/epp.shtml (138 words)

	FACTS AND MYSTERIES IN ELEMENTARY PARTICLE PHYSICS
		Not only have you explained the physics of the world of elementary particles to the young aspiring student, but you have made it available to the intelligent layman.
		We are introduced to the known particles of the world we live in.
		students and researchers in elementary particle physics should seriously consider having this book in their personal library, partly to be able to look at the many pictures and brief biographies of their favorite elementary particle physicists, and partly to learn Veltman's incisive thinking on obscure or unsettled areas in particle physics...
	www.worldscibooks.com /physics/5088.html (961 words)

	Physicists observed new interaction in elementary particle physics
		Physics researchers working at the High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK) Laboratory in Japan have observed a new type of interaction among the most fundamental of particles, the quark.
		Piilonen explains that the purpose of the B Factory is to produce an enormous number of the second heaviest, called the b quark, and clarify the fundamental laws of the universe by detailed studies of its behavior.
		Previous findings include the discovery of many new particle states, discovery of the violation of particle-antiparticle symmetry in b quark decays, and the experimental confirmation of the Kobayashi-Maskawa theory, which characterizes the properties of quarks and predicted this symmetry violation.
	www.physorg.com /news4888.html (667 words)

	Experimental Elementary-Particle Physics
		The Experimental Particle Astrophysics group mainly uses natural cosmic radiation as a source of elementary particles to study the character of the fundamental interactions, and the structure and evolution of large-scale astrophysical systems.
		Current projects include the world's largest neutrino detector, a long base line neutrino experiment with a neutrino source from the KEK proton accelerator (the K2K experiment), a satellite born gamma ray observatory, and the use of balloon-borne detectors to extend direct observations of the primary cosmic ray spectrum to the highest accessible energy range.
		The other goals of this experiment are to search for nucleon decay (post-standard model physics) and to measure the physics at the core of a supernovae during the important first few seconds.
	www.phys.washington.edu /expelem.htm (1454 words)

	Particle Physics
		Facts and Mysteries in Elementary Particle Physics by Martinus Veltman (World Scientific) provides a comprehensive overview of modern particle physics accessible to anyone with a passion for wanting to know how the universe works.
		An elegant explanation of quantum mechanics and relativity paves the way for an understanding of the laws that govern particle physics.
		Facts and Mysteries in Elementary Particle Physics Veltman discusses in lay terms such features of elementary particles as the standard model, detection, the CERN neutrino experiment, and quantum chromodynamics.
	www.wordtrade.com /science/physics/particlephysics.htm (318 words)

	Physics at Minnesota: Elementary Particle Physics
		Elementary particle physics, or high energy physics (HEP), is the study of the fundamental building blocks of the universe.
		The experimental particle physics group at the University of Minnesota is engaged on numerous fronts in this exciting worldwide campaign.
		Their tools are wonderfully sophisticated (and expensive!) - particle accelerators, laboratories located deep underground, amazingly complex detectors, and powerful computer systems that process massive data samples.
	www.physics.umn.edu /research/particle.html (272 words)

	Physics at Minnesota: Theoretical Elementary Particle Physics
		As early as 1974, theorists had essentially formulated the Standard Model of particle physics and had taken it about as far as they could with the evidence available from experiment.
		The bulk of theoretical efforts in elementary particle physics focus on the possibilities of physics beyond the Standard Model.
		It is remarkable that the idea of Supersymmetry has lead to deeper understandings of the properties of quantum field theory, the descriptive framework of elementary particle physics, in spite of the (to date) absence of concrete evidence in its favor.
	www.physics.umn.edu /research/heptheory.html (472 words)

	Elementary Particle Physics Group
		Welcome to the Home Page of the Warwick Elementary Particle Physics Group, a research group within the Department of Physics at the University of Warwick.
		The Institute of Physics 2006 Particle Physics conference will be held at Warwick from 10th-12th April 2006.
		The COBRA experiment at Gran Sasso is in a phase of detector research and development to optimise its sensitivity to neutrinoless double beta decay.
	www2.warwick.ac.uk /fac/sci/physics/research/epp (346 words)

	Department of Physics - University of Michigan
		The Standard Model of particle physics is a well-tested and very successful description of the basic constituents of matter, quarks and leptons, and their interactions via the strong, electromagnetic, and weak forces.
		Particle physics has also been merging with cosmology and providing explanations for fundamental questions about the universe.
		Experimental particle physics has been an active area of research at the University of Michigan since its inception as a physics field 50 years ago.
	www.physics.lsa.umich.edu /research/groups/elementary.asp (425 words)

	Annual Review 2002: Elementary Particle Physics
		ATLAS is one of two general purpose detectors being constructed at the LHC to study proton-proton collisions at the highest energy ever achieved in particle physics, 16 Tera-electron-volts.
		The UCL group has a particular interest in studying the properties of W and Z bosons (the particles that mediate the weak force) and in the underlying dynamics of the strong force at high energies, as embodied in the theory of Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD).
		Particle physics in the next decade becomes very interesting indeed if the Higgs boson mass is really around 114 GeV, as the hint from LEP indicates, or if it is anywhere in the region below 150 GeV, as the precision measurements from LEP and the Tevatron suggest.
	www.phys.ucl.ac.uk /department/AnnRev2002/hep.html (3636 words)

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