Elementary Particle Physics for Enthusiasts

This book is intended for the readers who like to understand elementary particles, especially the Higgs particles, the classification and the dynamics of quarks and the particle-antiparticle symmetry violation, in addition to the other topics in the standard model of the elementary particle physics. In this book, most of the concepts in the particle physics are explained "directly" by figures and words, but without using equations. This means that analogies are avoided as much as possible. For example, typical books describe the Higgs mechanism as the drag forces of the Higgs particles. This book, however, explaines it using the Heisenberg uncertainty principle, which is interpreted as a consequence of the oscillating nature of elementary particles.

(Revisions)
5/8/2016. The explanation of the Higgs mechanism was changed from the space distribution explanation (previous) to the water vessel model (new).
4/22/2016. In chapter 2, a mistake in the calculation of mass change by lifting the mass was fixed. Several translation errors to English from Japanese were fixed.