ABSTRACT

This user-friendly book on group theory introduces topics in as simple a manner as possible and then gradually develops those topics into more advanced ones, eventually building up to the current state-of-the-art. By using simple examples from physics and mathematics, the advanced topics become logical extensions of ideas already introduced. In addition to being used as a textbook, this book would also be useful as a reference guide for graduates and researchers in particle, nuclear and hadron physics.

chapter 1|18 pages

Basic Symmetry Concepts

chapter 2|48 pages

Group Theory

chapter 3|50 pages

Unitary Symmetry

chapter 4|22 pages

Permutation Symmetry

chapter 5|64 pages

Young Diagram

chapter 6|24 pages

Quantum Chromodynamics

chapter 7|44 pages

Quark Model

chapter 8|38 pages

Bag Models

chapter 9|58 pages

Hadron Physics

chapter 10|44 pages

Glashow-Salam-Weinberg Model

chapter 11|26 pages

Symmetry in Nuclei

chapter 12|26 pages

Quarks in Nuclei

chapter 13|29 pages

Quark Gluon Plasma(QGP)

chapter 14|22 pages

Topology for Hadrons