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Current research
in High Energy Physics focuses on a number of enigmatic
issues that go beyond the very successful Standard Model
of particle physics. Among these are the problem of
neutrino mass, the (as yet) unobserved Higgs particle,
the quark-gluon plasma, quantum aspects of gravity, and
the so¡ªcalled hierarchy problem. Satisfactory
resolution of these important questions will take much
research effort in both theory and experiment.
The Science &
Engineering Research Council, Department of Science &
Technology has sponsored a series of SERC Schools in
Theoretical High Energy Physics over the past several
years, to provide instruction and training to graduate
students working for research degrees. This book is an
outcome of the schools held at the Saha Institute of
Nuclear Physics, Kolkata in 2000, and at the Harish-Chandra
Research Institute, Allahabad in 2001.
Based on lectures
by active researchers in the field -- Rajiv Gavai,
Debashis Ghoshal, Dileep Jatkar, Anjan Joshipura,
Biswarup Mukhopadhyaya, Sreerup Raychaudhuri, Saurabh
Rindani, Ashoke Sen and Sandip Trivedi¡ªthe nine
chapters comprising the book deal with a number of
topics that range from the fundamentals of the field, to
problems and questions that are at the very forefront of
current research. This volume will thus be useful to the
advanced graduate student who has familiarity with
quantum field theory, the Standard Model, and the
general theory of relativity, and will also provide a
useful reference for working scientists. |
