Table of Contents

Introduction to the Standard Model. Gauge Theories. Strong Interaction Symmetries. Electroweak Interactions: The SU(2) x U(1) Model. Anomalies, and the Axial U(1) and THETA Problems. Tests of the Standard Model. Grand Unified Theories. Technicolor. Composite Models. Supersymmetry. General Relativity. Supergravity. Higher-Dimensional Theories. Strings Theories. Cosmology. Inflationary Cosmology. Topological Defects and Cosmology. Astronomical Sources of High-Energy Particles. References. Index.