Contents:

1. Some Basic Concepts: Introduction; Antiparticles; Feynman Diagrams; Particle Exchange; Units and Dimensions; Problems.
2. Leptons, Quarks and Hadrons: Leptons; Strongly Interacting Particles; Problems.
3. Experimental Methods: Accelerators; Particle Interactions with Matter; Particle Detectors; Detector Systems and Experiments; Problems.
4. Space-Time Symmetries: Translational Invariance; Rotational Invariance; Parity; Charge Conjugation; Positronium; Time Reversal; Problems.
5. Hadrons: Quantum Numbers and Excited States: Hadron Quantum Numbers; Isospin; Resonances; Quark Diagrams and Exotics; Problems.
6. Hadrons: Quark States and Colour: Charmonium and Bottomium; The Lightest Hadrons; Colour; Problems.
7. QCD, Jets and Gluons: Quantum Chromodynamics(QCD); Electron-Positron Annihilation; Elastic Scattering:the Size of the Proton; Inelastic Electron and Muon Scattering; Inelastic Neutrino Scattering; Problems.
8. Weak Interactions: W and Z Bosons: Discovery of the W and Z bosons; Charged Current Interactions: The Third Generation; Problems.
9. Weak Interactions: Electroweak Unification: Neutral Currents and the Unified Theory; Gauge Invariance and the Higgs Boson; Problems.
10. Weak Interactions: Charge Conjugation and Parity: P-violation, C-violation and CP Conservation; Neutral Kaons; Problems.
11. Beyond the Standard Model: Neutrino Masses and Neutrino Mixing; Grand Unification; Supersymmetry; Dark Matter; Problems.

Appendices

• A. Relativistic Kinematics: The Lorentz Transformation for Energy and Momentum; The Invariant Mass; Transformation of the Scattering Angle; Problems.
• B. Amplitudes and Cross-sections : Rates and Cross-sections; The Total Cross-section; Differential Cross-section; The Scattering Amplitude; The Breit-Wigner Formula; Problems.
• C. Gauge Theories: Electromagnetic Interactions; Gauge Transformations; Gauge Invariance and the Photon Mass; The Gauge Principle; Quantum Chromodynamics; Electroweak Interactions; Problems.
• D. The Isospin Formalism: Isospin Operators; Isospin States; Isospin Multiplets; Branching Ratios; Spin States; Problems.
• E. Tables of Particle Properties: Gauge Bosons; Leptons; Quarks; Baryons; Mesons.
• F. Hints for Solutions to Problems.

References. Index. Physical Constants and Conversion Factors. Suggested Short Course.