Michael Peskin

I am a theoretical physicist interested in elementary particles and their 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 textbook in this area, "An Introduction to Quantum Field Theory," with Daniel Schroeder. My new textbook, "Concepts of Elementary Particle Physics," should be appearing soon.

Please see my web page for further information about my research activities, interests, Stanford courses, and related subjects.