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_NOTES_ 1.6 Strange Particles chapter1. historical introduction Particle Physics

1.6 Strange Particles $($1947~1960$)$

1.6 Strange Particles

Discovery of Kaon, “strangeness”, and its “conservation law”
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_NOTES_ 1.5 Neutrino chapter1. historical introduction Particle Physics

1.5 Neutrinos $($1930~1962$)$

1.5 Neutrinos

The indeterministic electron energy in beta decay raised a requirement of new particle produced in the reaction, recalling Powell’s emulsion picture indicates this new particle should be electrically neutral, eventually led to the family of leptons.
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_NOTES_ 1.4 Antiparticle chapter1. historical introduction Particle Physics

1.4 Antiparticle $($1930~1956$)$

1.4 Antiparticle

From Dirac’s discovery of negative energy solution to a resolution of a “infinite sea of electrons”, till introduction of antiparticle by Feynman and Stuckelberg
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_NOTES_ 1.3 Meson chapter1. historical introduction Particle Physics

1.3 Mesons $($1934~1947$)$

1.3 Meson

this section introduce Yukawa’s original theory about meson
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_NOTES_ 1.2 Photon chapter1. historical introduction exercise General Relativity

1.2 Photon and Compton Scattering

1.2 Photon

solution of Compton scattering may also serve as an exercise of relativity
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_NOTES_ 1.1 the classical era chapter1. historical introduction Particle Physics

1.1 The Classical Era

1.1 the Electrical Era

from J. J. Thomson’s discovery of electron to Bohr’s model of hydrogen
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_NOTES_ introduction Particle Physics

Introduction to Elementary Particles

This is an introduction to Griffiths’s classical textbook of Elementary Particles

What is matter made of?
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