Kaon Physics: CP Violation and Hadronic Matrix Elements

[Gene Naden]

What would be reasonable preparation for reading the reference Kaon Physics https://arxiv.org/pdf/hep-ph/0401236.pdf

I find I do not seem to be ready for this reading. I am familiar with quantum mechanics at the level of Schiff (an old text for first year graduate students) though perhaps rusty in some areas.

 

[Vanadium 50]

I think, based on this and other questions, you need to work through a textbook at the level of Griffiths.

 

[Gene Naden]

Thanks.

Would that be Griffiths "Introduction to Elementary Particles"? Are there any alternatives?

 

[Vanadium 50]

Probably. What's wrong with Griffiths?

 

[Gene Naden]

I just wanted to compare two texts. But I am OK with Griffiths. In fact, I have ordered it. It should come in a week or so.

 

[Gene Naden]

I just wanted to compare two texts. But I am OK with Griffiths. In fact, I have ordered it. It should come in a week or so.

You said "at the level of Griffiths" so I assumed there were other texts at the same level. I didn't mean to sound critical.

 

[George Jones]

Would that be Griffiths "Introduction to Elementary Particles"? Are there any alternatives?

I like "Modern Particle Physics" by Mark Thomson,

https://www.amazon.com/dp/1107034264/?tag=pfamazon01-20