NIU PHYS 684 - Introduction to High Energy Physics and Astrophysics, Spring 2010
Suggestions for further reading
- The Review of Particle Physics
Online: http://pdg.lbl.gov,
In print:
C. Amsler et al., Physics Letters B667, 1 (2008)
The benchmark reference.
- Introductiton to Elementary Particles
by
D. Griffiths (Wiley, 1987, ISBN: 0471603864)
An alternative textbook.
- Introduction to High Energy Physics
by
D. Perkins (Cambridge, 2000, ISBN: 0521621968)
Another alternative textbook.
- Quantum Electrodynamics
by
R. Feynman (Perseus, 1998, ISBN: 0201360756)
A timeless classic, a sheer reading pleasure.
- Collider Physics
by
V. Barger & R. Phillips (Addison-Wesley, 1996, ISBN: 0201149451)
Different from others in choice of topics and emphasis.
- Modern Elementary Particle Physics
by
G. Kane (Addison-Wesley, 1993, ISBN: 0201624605)
A nice introductory text for the theory-minded.
- Particle Physics
by
A. Seiden (Addison-Wesley, 2004, ISBN: 0805387366)
A graduate-level introductory text for the theory-minded.
- Particle Physics and Cosmology
by
P. Collins, A. Martin, & E. Squires (Wiley, 1989, ISBN: 0471600881)
Touches upon some hot, but more advanced, topics not found in other books listed here.
- Introduction to Experimental Particle Physics
by
R. Fernow (Wiley, 1989, ISBN: 0471600881)
A good introductory text for the experimenter.
- Experimental Techniques in High-Energy Nuclear and Particle Physics
Ed.
T. Ferbel (World Scientific, 1992, ISBN: 9810208677)
The experimenter's benchmark.