GROUP THEORY AND THE CLASSIFICATION OF THE ELEMENTARY PARTICLES,

Abstract

Contents: Isospin as the Model. Variations on the Theme of Angular Momentum; SU (Sub 3) Treated by the Pattern Calculus -- Weyl dimension formula, An elementary view of the Casimir invariants, Symmetries of the weight diagrams, I spin, U spin, V spin, and Conjugation - the operator R; The Gell-Mann-NE'Emann Eightfold Way -- The Gell-Mann-Okubo mass formula, Omega-phi mixing, Electromagnetic effects, and The mass formula-re-visited, Combining of Multiplets -- The Direct Product; Some Further Applications to SU (Sub 3); Extension of the Eightfold Way; SU (Sub 6) -- SU (Sub 6) techniques, Assignments of multiplets, The state vectors for the baryon SU (Sub 6) multiplet '56', Tuark spin operators, Magnetic moments of the baryons, Magnetic moments and transition moments for the boson multiplet '35', Mass formulae in SU (Sub 6), and The F/D ratio in the Yukawa coupling of mesons to baryons.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 15, 1965
Accession Number
AD0481528

Entities

People

  • L. C. Biedenharn

Organizations

  • Duke University

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Angular Momentum
  • Calculus
  • Classification
  • Cooperation
  • Couplings
  • Electromagnetic Properties
  • Elementary Particles
  • Magnetic Moments
  • Momentum
  • Particles
  • Physical Properties
  • Switzerland
  • Symmetry

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Calculus or Mathematical Analysis
  • Quantum spin resonance or Electron Paramagnetic Resonance spectroscopy.