Unification and Supersymmetry: The Frontiers of Quark-Lepton Physics

432 Pages·2002·16.197 MB·English

by  Rabindra Nath Mohapatra

GracIuate Texts iN Contemporary
Physics
Unification and
Supersymmetry
The Frontiers of Quark-
Lepton Physics
Second Edition

Graduate Texts in Contemporary Physics
Based on Lectures
at the University of Maryland
College Park
Editor-in-Chief
Jeffrey W. Lynn
(University of Maryland, College Park)
Editorial Board
(At the University of Maryland, College Park)
Alex J. Dragt
Richard A. Ferrell
Oscar W. Greenberg
Richard E. Prange
Philip G. Roos
Guarang Yodh
Graduate Texts in Contemporary Physics
R.N. Mohapatra: Unification and Supersymmetry: The Frontiers of
Quark-Lepton Physics
R.E. Prange and S.M. Girvin (eds.): The Quantum Hall Effect
M. Kaku: Introduction to Superstrings
J.W. Lynn (ed.): High-Temperature Superconductivity
H.V. Klapdor (ed.): Neutrinos
J.H. Hinken: Superconductor Electronics: Fundamentals and
Microwave Applications
M. Kaku: Strings, Conformal Fields, and Topology: An Introduction
Rabindra N. Mohapatra
Unification and
Supersymmetry
The Frontiers of Quark-Lepton Physics
Second Edition
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Mohapatra, R. N. (Rabindra Nath)
Unification and supersymmetry. 2nd ed.
(Contemporary physics)
Includes bibliographies and index.
1. Grand unified theories (Nuclear physics)
2. Supersymmetry. 3. Particles (Nuclear physics)
I. Title. II. Series: Contemporary physics
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