Skip to main content
Springer Nature Link
Log in

An Introduction to Particle Physics

  • Chapter
  • First Online:
Cosmological Crossroads

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Physics ((LNP,volume 592))

  • 532 Accesses

Abstract

We review the basic Particle Physics framework used in modern Cosmology. We give a pedagogical introduction to the Standard Model, Grand Unified Models, Supersymmetric Gauge Theory Models, String Theory etc.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this chapter

Log in via an institution

Subscribe and save

Springer+ Basic
$34.99 /Month
  • Get 10 units per month
  • Download Article/Chapter or eBook
  • 1 Unit = 1 Article or 1 Chapter
  • Cancel anytime
Subscribe now

Buy Now

eBook
USD 18.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Purchases are for personal use only

Institutional subscriptions

Preview

Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.

Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  1. G. G. Ross: Grand Unified Theories (1988) Addison-Wesley.

    Google Scholar 

  2. H. P. Nilles: Physics Reports 110 (1984) 1.

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  3. A. B. Lahanas and D. V. Nanopoulos: Physics Reports, 145 (1987) 1.

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  4. M. B. Green, J. H. Schwarz and E. Witten: Superstring Theory (1987) Cambridge University Press.

    Google Scholar 

  5. M. Kaku: Introduction to Superstrings (1988) Springer-Verlag.

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Physics Department, University of Ioannina, GR, 451 10, Greece

    Kyriakos Tamvakis

Authors
  1. Kyriakos Tamvakis
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Editor information

Editors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Mathematics, University of the Aegean, 83200 Karlovassi, Samos, Greece

    Spiros Cotsakis

  2. Physics Department, National Technical University of Athens, Zografou Campus, 15780, Athens, Greece

    Eleftherios Papantonopoulos

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 2002 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg

About this chapter

Cite this chapter

Tamvakis, K. (2002). An Introduction to Particle Physics. In: Cotsakis, S., Papantonopoulos, E. (eds) Cosmological Crossroads. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 592. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-48025-0_11

Download citation

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-48025-0_11

  • Published:

  • Publisher Name: Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg

  • Print ISBN: 978-3-540-43778-9

  • Online ISBN: 978-3-540-48025-9

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

Publish with us

Policies and ethics