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With this graduate-level primer, the principles of the standard model of particle physics receive a particular skillful, personal and enduring exposition by one of the great contributors to the field.In 2013 the late Prof. Altarelli wrote: The discovery of the Higgs boson and the non-observation of new particles or exotic phenomena have made a big step towards completing the experimental confirmation of the standard model of fundamental particle interactions. It is thus a good moment for me to collect, update and improve my graduate lecture notes on quantum chromodynamics and the theory of electroweak interactions, with main focus on collider physics. I hope that these lectures can provide an introduction to the subject for the interested reader, assumed to be already familiar with quantum field theory and some basic facts in elementary particle physics as taught in undergraduate courses.

elementary particles --- quantum field theory --- string theory

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The four volumes of the proceedings of MG14 give a broad view of all aspects of gravitational physics and astrophysics, from mathematical issues to recent observations and experiments. The scientific program of the meeting included 35 morning plenary talks over 6 days, 6 evening popular talks and 100 parallel sessions on 84 topics over 4 afternoons.Volume A contains plenary and review talks ranging from the mathematical foundations of classical and quantum gravitational theories including recent developments in string theory, to precision tests of general relativity including progress towards the detection of gravitational waves, and from supernova cosmology to relativistic astrophysics, including topics such as gamma ray bursts, black hole physics both in our galaxy and in active galactic nuclei in other galaxies, and neutron star, pulsar and white dwarf astrophysics.The remaining volumes include parallel sessions which touch on dark matter, neutrinos, X-ray sources, astrophysical black holes, neutron stars, white dwarfs, binary systems, radiative transfer, accretion disks, quasars, gamma ray bursts, supernovas, alternative gravitational theories, perturbations of collapsed objects, analog models, black hole thermodynamics, numerical relativity, gravitational lensing, large scale structure, observational cosmology, early universe models and cosmic microwave background anisotropies, inhomogeneous cosmology, inflation, global structure, singularities, chaos, Einstein-Maxwell systems, wormholes, exact solutions of Einstein's equations, gravitational waves, gravitational wave detectors and data analysis, precision gravitational measurements, quantum gravity and loop quantum gravity, quantum cosmology, strings and branes, self-gravitating systems, gamma ray astronomy, cosmic rays and the history of general relativity.

General Relativity --- Gravitation --- Astrophysics --- Quantum Gravity --- Cosmology --- Theoretical Physics --- String Theory --- Gravitational Wave --- Gamma Ray Burst --- Black Hole --- Active Galactic Nuclei --- Neutron Star --- Pulsar --- White Dwarf --- Dark Matter --- Neutrinos --- X-ray Sources --- Binary Systems --- Radiative Transfer --- Accretion Disks --- Supernova --- Black Hole Thermodynamics --- Numerical Relativity --- Gravitational Lensing --- Large Scale Structure --- Observational Cosmology --- Early Universe Models --- Cosmic Microwave Background Anisotropies --- Inhomogeneous Cosmology --- Inflation --- Einstein-Maxwell Systems --- Wormholes --- Exact Solutions of Einstein's Equations --- Gravitational Wave Detectors and Data Analysis --- Precision Gravitational Measurements --- Loop Quantum Gravity --- Quantum Cosmology --- Cosmic Rays