The neutrino story : one tiny particle's grand role in the cosmos /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Mohapatra, R. N. (Rabindra Nath), author.
Imprint:	Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2021]
Description:	1 online resource (xvi, 222 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Language:	English
Subject:	Neutrinos. Neutrinos -- History. Particles (Nuclear physics) Particles (Nuclear physics) Neutrinos. Astrophysics. Cosmology. Nuclear physics. History.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12608987

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ISBN:	3030518469 9783030518462 9783030518455 3030518450
Digital file characteristics:	text file PDF
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 21, 2021).
Summary:	Every second of every day, we are exposed to billions of neutrinos emitted by the Sun, and yet they seem to pass straight through us with no apparent effect at all. Tiny and weakly interacting this subatomic particle may be, but this book will show you just how crucial a role it has played in the evolution of the elements in the universe, and eventually, ourselves. We first start with an introduction to the basics of subatomic physics, including brief backgrounds on the discoveries that set the stage for major 20th century advances. The author, a distinguished theoretical physicist who has researched neutrinos for over thirty years, next explains in nontechnical language how and why the neutrino fits into the wider story of elementary particles. Finally, the reader will learn about the latest discoveries in the past half century of neutrino studies. This semi-popular science book will appeal to any physics students or non-specialist physicists who wish to know more about the neutrino and its role in the evolution of our universe.
Other form:	Print version: 3030518450 9783030518455
Standard no.:	10.1007/978-3-030-51846-2

Table of Contents:

1 Introduction
2 Particles as building blocks of matter
3 From protons and neutrons to a zoo of particles
4 Order in the zoo and quarks
5 Forces that keep the universe together
6 Forces are also caused by particles
7 Neutrino is born as an idea
8 From idea to reality: neutrino story unfolds in slow motion
9 Neutrino discovered
10 Standard model of the particles and forces
11 Forces in the standard model and symmetries
12 More physics beyond the standard model or end of physics now?
13 Neutrinos Oscillate and hence they weigh
14 What have we learnt about neutrinos from neutrino oscillation experiments?
15 Mendeleev's periodic table
16 A brief overview of the Big Bang Theory of the Universe
17 Inflationary universe
18 From quarks to protons and neutrons and then to helium and beryllium and the dance of atoms
19 Stars as the cooking pots for heavy nuclei
20 Neutrino mass hints at mirror symmetry in Nature
21 Mirror symmetric weak force and neutrino mass
22 Hints of other new physics from neutrino mass
23 Origin of matter and neutrinos
24 Dark universe
25 Neutrinos from Heavenly sources
26 Anthropic principle
27 What lies ahead in the future?
Epilogue
Glossary.

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