粒子物理学中的规范理论实用导论 第1卷（第4版）

　　This new fourth edition retains the two-volume format，which has been generally well received，with broadly the same allocation of content as in the third edition. The principal new additions are，once again，dictated by substantial new experimental results - namely，in the areas of CP violation and neutrino oscillations，where great progress was made in the first decade of this century. Volume 2 now includes a new chapter devoted to CP violation and oscillations in mesonic and neutrino systems.Partly by way of preparation for this，volume 1 also contains a new chapter，on Lorentz transformations and discrete symmetries.We give a simple do-it-yourself treatment of Lorentz transformations of Dirac spinors，which the reader can connect to the group theory approach in appendix M of volume 2; the transformation properties of bilinear covariants are easily managed. We also introduce Majorana fermions at an early stage.This material is suitable for first courses on relativistic quantum mechanics，and perhaps should have been included in earlier editions （we thank a referee for urging its inclusion now）.To make room for the new chapter in volume 1，the two introductory chapters of the third edition have been condensed into a single one，in the knowledge that excellent introductions to the basic facts of particle physics are available elsewhere. Otherwise，apart from correcting the known minor errors and misprints，the only other changes in volume 1 are some minor improve-ments in presentation，and appropriate updates on experimental numbers.Volume 2 contains significantly more in the way of updates and additions，as will be detailed in the Preface to that volume. But we have continued to omit discussion of speculations going beyond the Standard Model; after all，the cru-cial symmetry-breaking （Higgs） sector has only now become experimentally accessible.

　　伊恩·艾奇森 （Ian J.R. Aitchison）是英国物理学家，牛津大学教授，他也是美国SLAC国家加速器实验室、罗切斯特大学、华盛顿大学和欧洲核子研究中心的客座研究员/教授。他还著有《相对论量子力学》（Relativistic Quantum Mechanics），《规范场论入门》（An Informal Introduction to Gauge Field Theories），《粒子物理学中的超对称性》（Supersymmetry in Particle Physics）等著作。安东尼·海伊 （Anthony J.G. Hey）是微软研究院学术合作部副总裁，负责微软公司的全球外部合作研究和技术计算战略。他是英国皇家工程院院士，也是英国物理学会（IOP）、英国计算机学会（BCS）、国际工程技术学会（IET）和国际计算机学会（ACM）的杰出会士。