Recent content by SilasG

The question is as follows: We can define the rapidity, y, of a particle with respect to the x axis y≡tanh-1βx. Show that under a Lorentz transformation by rapidity yB y'=y-yB The Attempt at a Solution I started by working backwards (sorry if the LaTeX does not work $$...

There are multiple processes happening at once, it is not the protons interacting, but instead the constituents for a process like the Higgs creation (vector boson fusion, or quark interaction), so part of the reason for the higher energies is that each process gets a fraction of the TeV scale...

I have actually read the Feynman Lectures.

Hi, I am just starting my studies in earnest in Physics (woo, Freshman!) and plan on eventually seeking a PhD in theoretical physics. I was wondering if there were any "cannon" works, textbooks that almost every one knows or has studied from at some point, that I should start looking at...

I am a freshman math-physics double major at Columbia university in a modern algebra (group theory, ring theory) class and freshman/sophmore physics. I plan on seeking a PhD in theoretical (maybe experimental) particle physics.