Michael Peskin

I am a theoretical physicist interested in elementary particles and the fundamental interactions. My main research interests are:

* consequences of the "Standard Model of particle physics"

* precision study of the heaviest known elementary particles - the W and Z bosons, the top quark, and the Higgs boson - to search for clues to new fundamental interactions beyond the Standard Model

* models of such new interactions, especially models with composite or strongly interacting Higgs bosons

* models for the particle that composes the dark matter of the universe

I am the author of a leading theoretical textbook in this area, "An Introduction to Quantum Field Theory", with Daniel Schroeder. Recently, I have written another textbook that emphasizes our experimental knowledge, "Concepts of Elementary Particle Physics". 

For further information about my research activities, interests, Stanford courses, and related subjects, please see my web page: http://www.slac.stanford.edu/~mpeskin/