Particle physics

eXorikos

I've recently finished a course using Griffiths' Intro to Elementary Particles. I'm interested in the subject, but what would you recommend for reading after that? I'm not planning to pursue particle physics or theoretical physics. I've considered Quantum Field Theory in a Nutshell by Zee. I don't want any rigorous treatment of QFT. Other ideas are maybe a text on experimental techniques or results or expectations of experiments.

Landau

Perkins is a standard text, with more emphasis on the experimental side.

eXorikos

The reviews on Amazon are disturbingly bad. Are they exaggerating?

Landau

I think they are exaggerating, and it depends on what you are expecting. It seems like many reviewers were required to buy this text for a theoretical course and it turned out to be not so useful. The review by "Eugene" is spot-on:

Overall, this book does not fit its title well - it is not a good introduction to high energy physics ( unless you are so totally averse to math that you can't manage Griffiths or Peskin/Shroeder ). However, it has its own purpose - that is, to teach experimental methods in high energy physics. It probably should be studied after Griffiths by those who are interested in experimental side of particle physics.

But I have to admit I haven't thoroughly read the book myself, perhaps you should take a look with Google's preview.

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Landau Recognitions: Science Advisor	Perkins is a standard text, with more emphasis on the experimental side.

eXorikos	The reviews on Amazon are disturbingly bad. Are they exaggerating?