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# Ideal for upper-level physics students Advanced particle physics insights Deep dive into Standard Model calculations Modern Particle Physics

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## Key Features

- • **Highly Rated & Trusted:** 4.7 stars from 178 reviews—join a community of serious learners.
- • **Master the Standard Model:** Unlock the core of particle physics with clear, rigorous explanations.
- • **Bridging Theory and Practice:** Perfect companion for both theoretical and experimental physics studies.
- • **Elevate Your Physics Journey:** Ideal for those who want to fill gaps left by undergraduate courses.
- • **No Quantum Field Theory Required:** Gain working knowledge without the usual QFT complexity.

## Overview

Modern Particle Physics by Mark Thomson is a well-structured, advanced textbook designed for second or final year physics students. It offers a clear, accessible approach to the Standard Model and key relativistic particle calculations without requiring prior quantum field theory expertise. Highly rated and recommended for those seeking a comprehensive understanding beyond typical undergraduate coverage.

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Review: An excellent companion to texts on Quantum Mechanics and QFT - This is a reasonably advanced text and ideal for studying the topic at second or final year first degree in theoretical and experimental physics. It is well laid out and well presented. It is certainly a good introduction for anyone embarking on a career as a physicist. A good knowledge of Quantum mechanics is required as well as a reasonable knowledge of Quantum Field theory makes this text an excellent companion.
Review: Very good - This is a really good book and a worthy successor to Halzen and Martin, or even the first volume of Bjorken and Drell. The author shows that the key calculations in relativistic particle physics can be obtained from a relativistic generalisation of Fermi's golden rule and a knowledge of the equations of motion for relativistic particles of spin 0, 1/2 and 1. It is not a book on quantum field theory nevertheless the reader who is prepared for some hard work will come away with a working knowledge of the Standard model of particle physics. That should be enough for most people. It is interesting that a knowledge of quantum field theory is not needed to understand the key calculations perhaps quantum field theory is not as important as some people think or make out. I would recommend the book to anyone who wants to get up to speed on the standard model and who felt a bit cheated by their undergraduate degree in physics which did not really cover the topic in any great detail.

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ An excellent companion to texts on Quantum Mechanics and QFT
*by B***R on 29 May 2017*

This is a reasonably advanced text and ideal for studying the topic at second or final year first degree in theoretical and experimental physics. It is well laid out and well presented. It is certainly a good introduction for anyone embarking on a career as a physicist. A good knowledge of Quantum mechanics is required as well as a reasonable knowledge of Quantum Field theory makes this text an excellent companion.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Very good
*by M***Y on 8 February 2018*

This is a really good book and a worthy successor to Halzen and Martin, or even the first volume of Bjorken and Drell. The author shows that the key calculations in relativistic particle physics can be obtained from a relativistic generalisation of Fermi's golden rule and a knowledge of the equations of motion for relativistic particles of spin 0, 1/2 and 1. It is not a book on quantum field theory nevertheless the reader who is prepared for some hard work will come away with a working knowledge of the Standard model of particle physics. That should be enough for most people. It is interesting that a knowledge of quantum field theory is not needed to understand the key calculations perhaps quantum field theory is not as important as some people think or make out. I would recommend the book to anyone who wants to get up to speed on the standard model and who felt a bit cheated by their undergraduate degree in physics which did not really cover the topic in any great detail.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A very good introduction to graduate particle physics
*by A***A on 25 April 2014*

I am a Masters student in physics and this book covers everything that is taught in Masters level particle physics and does so in a very thorough and comprehensible way, deriving many things from first principles. I highly recommend it!!

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- Modern Particle Physics
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- Quantum Field Theory and the Standard Model

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