Annual review of nuclear and particle science; v.56, 2006.0824315561 Annual review of nuclear and particle science; v.56, 2006. Ed. by Boris Kayser et al. Annual Reviews 2006 640 pages $196.00 Hardcover QC776 Containing 13 contributions from leading researchers, this volume describes recent work in nuclear physics, particle physics particle physics or high-energy physics Study of the fundamental subatomic particles, including both matter (and antimatter) and the carrier particles of the fundamental interactions as described by quantum field theory. , and astrophysics/cosmology. It opens with an overview of developments in the understanding of hadronic parity violation. Other topics include (for example) experimental searches for cosmic axions produced in the Big Bang big bang Model of the origin of the universe, which holds that it emerged from a state of extremely high temperature and density in an explosive expansion 10 billion–15 billion years ago. and the connections between cosmological observations and neutrino neutrino (n  trē`nō) [Ital.,=little neutral (particle)], elementary particle with no electric charge and a very small mass emitted during the decay of certain other particles. physics. Editor Kayser is affiliated with the Fermi National Accelerator
Laboratory Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab), physical science research center located near Batavia, Ill., est. 1968 as the National Accelerator Laboratory, renamed 1974 in honor of Enrico Fermi. It was built on the site of the former village of Weston. . The volume (which lacks a subject index) features several
sections of color illustrations.
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