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Case Studies in Experimental Physics [electronic resource] : Why Scientists Pursue Investigation / by Ronald Laymon, Allan Franklin.

By: Laymon, Ronald [author.].
Contributor(s): Franklin, Allan [author.] | SpringerLink (Online service).
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Synthesis Lectures on Engineering, Science, and Technology: Publisher: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2022Edition: 1st ed. 2022.Description: VIII, 151 p. 53 illus., 9 illus. in color. online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9783031126086.Subject(s): Particles (Nuclear physics) | Radioactive decay | Gravitation | Physics -- Philosophy | Particle Physics | Decay Processes | Gravitational Physics | Philosophical Foundations of Physics and AstronomyAdditional physical formats: Printed edition:: No title; Printed edition:: No title; Printed edition:: No titleDDC classification: 539.72 Online resources: Click here to access online
Contents:
Introduction -- Beta Decay -- The Discovery of Parity Nonconservation -- The Rise and Fall of the Fifth Force -- Neutrinoless Double β Decay -- Supersymmetry and the Expansion of the Standard Model -- The Anomalous Magnetic Moment of the Muon -- Summary and Conclusions. .
In: Springer Nature eBookSummary: This book addresses the pursuit and further investigation of experimental results by analyzing classic examples from physics. The authors concentrate on the investigation of experimental results by examining case studies from the history of 20th and 21st century physics. Discussions on the discovery of parity nonconservation, the rise and fall of the Fifth Force, the search for neutrinoless double β decay, supersymmetry and the expansion of the Standard Model, and measurements of the anomalous magnetic moment of the muons are provided. Experimental results may achieve acceptance to the point that even well known principles, such as conservation of energy and quantization, lose their status as accepted. Such principles and their options are treated on an equal footing as being pursuit worthy even though there is no plausible explanation as to why and how they might have failed. In addition, this book: Provides the first discussion of pursuit with an emphasis on experimental results Questions why scientists continue an investigation of experiments or theories Features the pursuit and acceptance of experiments with case studies from 20th and 21st century physics.
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Introduction -- Beta Decay -- The Discovery of Parity Nonconservation -- The Rise and Fall of the Fifth Force -- Neutrinoless Double β Decay -- Supersymmetry and the Expansion of the Standard Model -- The Anomalous Magnetic Moment of the Muon -- Summary and Conclusions. .

This book addresses the pursuit and further investigation of experimental results by analyzing classic examples from physics. The authors concentrate on the investigation of experimental results by examining case studies from the history of 20th and 21st century physics. Discussions on the discovery of parity nonconservation, the rise and fall of the Fifth Force, the search for neutrinoless double β decay, supersymmetry and the expansion of the Standard Model, and measurements of the anomalous magnetic moment of the muons are provided. Experimental results may achieve acceptance to the point that even well known principles, such as conservation of energy and quantization, lose their status as accepted. Such principles and their options are treated on an equal footing as being pursuit worthy even though there is no plausible explanation as to why and how they might have failed. In addition, this book: Provides the first discussion of pursuit with an emphasis on experimental results Questions why scientists continue an investigation of experiments or theories Features the pursuit and acceptance of experiments with case studies from 20th and 21st century physics.

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