Weak Force & Strong Force: Intro Recommendations

[Kiley]

Any recommedations for intro into the weak force? Also ones for the strong force?

 

[George Jones]

Any recommedations for intro into the weak force? Also ones for the strong force?

What does "intro" mean, i.e., what is your background in math and physics?

For (upper-level physics majors)/(beginning grad students), two books that I like are:

"Modern Particle Physics" by Thomson;

"Introduction to Elementary Particles" (second edition) by Griffiths.

 

[Kiley]

Thank you for your reply,
I'm an undergraduate, finished math up to linear algebra and phys 253.

 

[smodak]

Quarks, Leptons and the Big Bang by Allday
and then (perhaps much later)
Quarks and Leptons: An Introductory Course in Modern Particle Physics by Halzen and Martin.

 

[Kiley]

Thank you Smodak

 

[jtbell]

I'm an undergraduate, finished math up to linear algebra and phys 253.

What is Physics 253? Course numbers are generally meaningless outside of a specific university, at least in the USA.

 

[Wrichik Basu]

What is Physics 253? Course numbers are generally meaningless outside of a specific university, at least in the USA.

Even outside USA. I still find myself in a fix when people mention calculus 1 or algebra 2.

 

[Kiley]

What is Physics 253? Course numbers are generally meaningless outside of a specific university, at least in the USA.

Thanks for your reply jtbell, at my school it covers an intro to optics, special relativity, QM, condensed matter, and nuclear physics.