Table of Contents

Preface; 1. Introduction to elementary particles; 2. Quantum mechanics and invariance principles; 3. Angular momentum; 4. Lorentz invariance; 5. Parity; 6. Time reversal; 7. Charge independence, isospin and strangeness; 8. Charge conjugation; 9. Hadronic decays of mesons; 10. SU(3); 11. The quark model; Appendices; Index.

Promotional Information

In this 1980 book the concept of symmetry or invariance is employed as a unifying theme in the properties and interactions of the elementary particles.