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Luciano Maiani, born in 1941, is emeritus professor of theoretical physics at the University of Rome, ""La Sapienza"", and author of more than two hundred scientific publications on the theoretical physics of elementary particles. He, together with S. Glashow and J. Iliopoulos, made the prediction of a new family of particles, those with ""charm"", which form an essential part of the unified theory of the weak and electromagnetic forces. He has been president of the Italian Institute for Nuclear Physics (INFN), Director-General of CERN in Geneva and president of the Italian National Council for Research (CNR). He promoted the development of the Virgo Observatory for gravitational wave detection, the neutrino beam from CERN to Gran Sasso and at CERN directed the crucial phases of the construction of the Large Hadron Collider. He has taught and worked in numerous foreign institutes. He was head of the theoretical physics department at the University of Rome, ""La Sapienza"", from 1976 to 1984 and held the chair of theoretical physics from 1984 to 2011. He is a member of the Italian Lincean Academy and a Fellow of the American Physical Society. Omar Benhar, born in 1953, is an INFN research director and teaches gauge theories at the University of Rome, ""La Sapienza"". He has worked extensively in the USA as visiting professor, at the University of Illinois and the Old Dominion University, as well as associate scientist at the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility. Since 2013, he has served as an adjunct professor at the Centre for Neutrino Physics of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. He is the author of more than a hundred scientific papers on the theory of many-particle systems, the structure of compact stars and electroweak interactions of nuclei.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Maiani, L. (Luciano), author. | Benhar, Omar, author. Title: Relativistic quantum mechanics / Luciano Maiani and Omar Benhar. Description: Second edition. | Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, 2024. | Includes bibliographical references and index. | Summary: ""Written by two of the most prominent leaders in particle physics, Relativistic Quantum Mechanics: An Introduction to Relativistic Quantum Fields provides a classroom-tested introduction to the formal and conceptual foundations of quantum field theory. Designed for advanced undergraduate- and graduate-level physics students, the text only requires previous courses in classical mechanics, relativity, and quantum mechanics. The introductory chapters of the book summarise the theory of special relativity and its application to the classical description of the motion of a free particle and a field. The authors then explain the quantum formulation of field theory through the simple example of a scalar field described by the Klein-Gordon equation as well as its extension to the case of spin particles described by the Dirac equation. They also present the elements necessary for constructing the foundational theories of the standard model of electroweak interactions, namely quantum electrodynamics and the Fermi theory of neutron beta decay. Many applications to quantum electrodynamics and weak interaction processes are thoroughly analysed. The book also explores the timely topic of neutrino oscillations. Logically progressing from the fundamentals to recent discoveries, this textbook provides students with the essential foundation to study more advanced theoretical physics and elementary particle physics. It will help them understand the theory of electroweak interactions and gauge theories""-- Provided by publisher. Identifiers: LCCN 2024001588 | ISBN 9781032565941 (hbk) | ISBN 9781032559407 (pbk) | ISBN 9781003436263 (ebk) Subjects: LCSH: Quantum theory. Classification: LCC QC174.12 .M33 2024 | DDC 530.12--dc23/eng/20240509 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2024001588
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