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Book SynopsisThis book discusses the fundamental concepts of neutrinos, their properties and interactions with matter. The text covers the field theory of neutrinos, necessary to understand the standard model (SM) of electroweak interactions. Applications of neutrino scattering processes from the nucleons and nuclei are discussed in detail. Nuclear-medium effects in quasielastic scattering, and inelastic and deep inelastic scattering are also covered in depth. A separate chapter on neutrinos in astrophysics highlights the applications of various neutrino processes in the understanding of the Universe and its evolution. The text will be useful for graduate students and academic researchers in the fields of particle physics and nuclear physics--
Table of ContentsList of Tables; List of Figures; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. Neutrino Properties and Its Interactions; 2. Relativistic Particles and Neutrinos; 3. Quantization of Free Particle Fields; 4. Interacting Fields and Relativistic Perturbation Theory; 5. Phenomenological Theory I: Nuclear β-decays and Weak Decays of Leptons; 6. Phenomenological Theory II: Weak Decays of Hadrons; 7. Gauge Field Theories and Fundamental Interactions; 8. Unified Theory of Electroweak Interactions; 9. Neutrino Scattering from Point Particles; 10. Neutrino scattering Cross Sections from Hadrons: Quasielastic Scattering; 11. Neutrino Scattering from Hadrons: Inelastic Scattering (I); 12. Neutrino Scattering from Hadrons: Inelastic Scattering (II); 13. Neutrino Scattering from Hadrons: Deep Inelastic Scattering; 14. Weak Quasielastic ν( ¯ν)-nucleus-nucleus Scattering; 15. Inelastic Scattering of (Anti)neutrinos from Nuclei; 16. Deep Inelastic Scattering of (Anti)neutrinos from Nuclei; 17. Neutrino Sources and Detection; 18. Neutrino Mixing and Oscillations; 19. Neutrino Astrophysics and the Synthesis of Elements; 20. Neutrino Interactions Beyond the Standard Model; Appendices; Bibliography
