Theory and Experiments

• Title Page, Contributors, and Preface
• Introduction
• Gauge Theories and the Standard Model
• The Standard Model of Electroweak Interactions
• QCD: The Theory of Strong Interactions
• QCD on the Lattice
• Experimental Precision Tests for the Electroweak Standard Model
• Relativistic Nucleus-Nucleus Collisions and the QCD Matter Phase Diagram
• Beyond the Standard Model
• Particle Cosmology
• Symmetry Violations and Quark Flavour Physics
  • Introduction
  • Discrete Symmetries
  • Mixing and Decay of Neutral Flavoured Mesons
  • Models of CP Violation
  • The Neutral K Meson System
  • The Neutral B Meson System
  • Weak quark mixing and the CKM matrix
  • Conclusion
• Experimental Results on Neutrino Masses and Mixings
  • Overview of Neutrino Physics
  • Solar Neutrinos
  • Atmospheric Neutrinos
  • Accelerator Neutrino Experiments
  • Reactor Neutrinos
  • Summary of Experimental Results and Future Outlook
• The Future of Particle Physics – the LHC and Beyond