This book presents more than 300 exercises with guided solutions on topics that span both the
experimental and the theoretical aspects of particle physics. The exercises are organized by
subject covering kinematics interactions of particles with matter particle detectors
hadrons and resonances electroweak interactions and flavor physics statistics and data
analysis and accelerators and beam dynamics. Some 200 of the exercises including 50 in
multiple-choice format derive from exams set by the Italian National Institute for Nuclear
Research (INFN) over the past decade to select its scientific staff of experimental
researchers. The remainder comprise problems taken from the undergraduate classes at ETH Zurich
or inspired by classic textbooks. Whenever appropriate in-depth information is provided on the
source of the problem and readers will also benefit from the inclusion of bibliographic
details and short dissertations on particular topics. This book is an ideal complement to
textbooks on experimental and theoretical particle physics and will enable students to evaluate
their knowledge and preparedness for exams.
