The best elementary book to study Particle physics

sam_physics

I am looking forward to study Particle physics on my own. Can someone suggest me a book which I can read and understand by myself?

nicksauce

What is your physics background?

sam_physics

i am an undergraduate student. have read classical mechanics and quantum mechanics.

George Jones

My two suggestions are Introduction to Elementary Particles by David Griffiths

http://www.amazon.com/Introduction-E...ref=pd_sim_b_1

and

An Introduction to the Standard Model of Particle Physics by W. N. Cottingham and D. A. Greenwood

http://www.amazon.com/Introduction-S...ref=pd_sim_b_1.

These two books have very different styles.

humanino

I like very much the two books George Jones suggested. Other possibilities include : "Facts and mysteries in elementary particle physics" by Veltman (world scientific 2003). It is informal, contains quite some historical anecdotes and is thus very pleasant to read.

There is a new editon of Close's classic book called "The new cosmic onion, quarks and the Nature of the Universe" (Taylor & Francis 2007) which is similar in spirit.

By increasing order of slightly more technical, there are other classics, I sample here a few :
"Modern elementary particle physics" Gordon Kane (Addison Wesley 1993)
"Quarks and leptons, an introductory course in modern particle physics" Halzen & Martin (John Wiley 1984)
"Gauge theories in particle physics" Aitchison & Hey (IOP 2003)
"Introduction to high energy physics" Perkins (Cambridge 2000 4th edition)
"An introduction to relativistic processes and the standard model of electroweak interactions" Becchi & Ridolfi (Springer-Verlag 2006)
"Electroweak theory" Paschos (Cambridge 2007)

Haelfix

Griffith for sure. The book is a gem.

nicksauce

Another vote for Griffiths.

ansgar

Griffiths!

Andrewjh07

Particle physics also interests me. The Griffith book looks really good, but I am not sure whether I am ready for it or not. I am an undergrad and have only taken mechanics, E&M, and some optic/relativity.

Are there any "pre-req" books I should read before this one?

George Jones

From the preface to Griffiths

Anonymous23

Can someone give me the titles of a few books for introductory elementary particle physics? I'm in 10th grade, and all the ones listed seem a bit advanced.

Daverz

I'd recommend the Veltman book mentioned earlier.