Kim korea institute for advanced study, seoul, korea and the johns hopkins university, baltimore, md, usa 1. A more cultural and humorous look at the world of physics is richard feynmans book surely youre joking mr. Several good textbooks exist on the subject, for example 46. Neutrino astronomy is being revolutionized by the availability of new observational facilities. The experimenters at the sudbury neutrino observatory reported on electron neutrino events in june of 2001 and implied a flux of 1.
Science case for the giant radio antenna neutrino detector indico. Neutrinos have and will continue to provide important information on structure formation in the early universe, earth, solar and supernova physics, nuclear properties, and rare decays of charged leptons and. Theoretical work in astrophysics and in particle physics in increasing rapidly. The book is the most uptodate, comprehensive and selfcontained treatment of key issues in neutrino physics. Neutrino astrophysics has developed from theoretical calculations to an. This is a book for readers interested in modern particle physics and astronomy or in the history of science and the personalities involved. Neutrino by frank close meet your next favorite book. Recent advances in neutrino astrophysics are examined in an introduction for. Bahcall published over 600 scientific papers and five books in the field of astrophysics. Jones is the author of the thoughtful guide to god 2006 and the tao of holism 2008, both published by o books of winchester, u.
I am merely borrowing a term used by a popular series of selfhelp books. Oct 14, 2010 a very clear and succinct book about this mysterious ghost particle. John bahcall, the richard black professor of astrophysics. They play a keyrole both in particle physics and in astrophysics. The basic concepts of neutrino physics are presented at a level appropriate for integration into elementary courses on quantum mechanics andor modern physics. Along the way you meet the famous and unsung heroes of the neutrino story. An excellent, and highly accessible, introduction to particle physics is gary zukavs book the dancing wuli masters.
Neutrino astrophysics was published by cambridge university press in 1989. Neutrino astronomy is difficult for the same reason it is interesting. Bahcall, neutrino astrophysics cambridge university press, cambridge, england. Results from various disciplines provide an uptodate discussion of topics in neutrino astrophysics, a field currently revolutionized by the. It discusses all the topics vital to the understanding. Bahcall championed solar neutrino physics for many years. This book deals with neutrino physics and astrophysics a field in which some of the most exciting recent developments in particle physics, astrophysics and cosmology took place. A very clear and succinct book about this mysterious ghost particle. Bahcall, neutrino astrophysics, cambridge university press. John norris bahcall december 30, 1934 august 17, 2005 was an american astrophysicist, best known for his contributions to the solar neutrino. Progress and prospects in neutrino astrophysics arxiv. The recent discovery of neutrino oscillation has given the first hint of new physics beyond the standard model.
Neutrino physics download online ebook for pdf doc djvu. It traces the roots of the neutrino from its start as a supposedly undiscoverable convenience to the dawn of neutrino science, which is literally the forefront of particle physics and cosmology today. Special role of neutrino mass one way to characterize physics is an attempt to understand nature at its most fundamental level, namely at the shortest distance scales, or equivalently the highest energy scales, possible. Gallery of solar neutrino researchers this figure is adapted from figure 2 of bahcall, serenelli, and basu, apj, 621, l85 2005. Fundamentals of neutrino physics and astrophysics carlo giunti istituto nazionale di fisica nucleare, sezione di torino and dipartimento di fisica teorica, universita di torino, italy chung w. Black and white or color versions of this figure can be downloaded by clicking on the menu items below. Nature this book should serve as the standard reference for this rapidly developing area of research for some time to come.
John norris bahcall december 30, 1934 august 17, 2005 was an american astrophysicist, best known for his contributions to the solar neutrino problem, the development of the hubble space telescope and for his leadership and development of the institute for advanced study in princeton. I am currently revising this book for a new edition that will be published in 1998. The definitive treatise on solar neutrinos is john bahcall s book neutrino astrophysics. Neutrino fluxes from continuum sources are in cmscmev line fluxes for pep and be neutrinos are in cmr. Neutrinos play a key role in many areas of particle physics, nuclear physics and astrophysics. K and the world as spirit published by fairhill publishing. The diversity of physics topics within the neutrino sector is enormous and the interplay between neutrino physics and other elds is rich. I would very much appreciate hearing about any errors or deficiencies you have found in the previous version.
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