SCOAP3 Books
The SCOAP3 for Books initiative is a pilot that the SCOAP3 Governing Council (GC) has established at its May 2019 meeting to leverage the strong network of the Collaboration and the relationships with scholarly publishing to transition key textbooks and monographs in particle physics and neighboring fields to open access.
The project was designed and is run by a working group comprised of volunteers from among the SCOAP3 partner institutions. A pilot phase ran from May 2021 to Nov 2022 and converted 113 books (monographs and textbooks) to Open Access. The success of this pilot was demonstrated by a preliminary usage analysis indicating an increase of book downloads by a factor of 13, while the geographical usage also increased dramatically.
Building on this, the SCOAP3 Governing Council agreed to establish a recurring books programme starting in 2023 and prioritise frontlist titles selected through a rigorous selection process. In its first year 2023, this programme is supporting 21 new books to be published Open Access.
List of Books
Below you will find the list of books transitioned to Open Access with a link to the PDF hosted in the SCOAP3 Repository. The books will be also available via the INIS Repository, OAPEN, and on the respective publisher websites. Please note that this list will be continuously expanded as books become available OA
| Title | Author(s) | Publisher |
|---|---|---|
| Accelerator Physics | Lee, SY. | World Scientific |
| Challenges and Goals for Accelerators in the XXI century | Myers, S., Bruning, eds | World Scientific |
| Lattice Gauge Theories: an Introduction | Rothe, H. J. | World Scientific |
| Quantum Theory of Angular Momentum | Varchalovich D.A., Moskalev, A. N., V.K. Khersonskii | World Scientific |
| Gauge Theories in Particle Physics A Practical Introduction, 2 volumes set, Fourth Edition | Aitchison I.J.R, Hey, A.J.G | Taylor & Francis |
| Heavy Flavour Physics Theory and Experimental Results in Heavy Quark Physics and CP Violation | Davies C., Playfer S.M., Osborne P. | Taylor & Francis |
| Lie Algebras In Particle Physics from Isospin To Unified Theories | Georgi H. | Taylor & Francis |
| The Standard Model and Beyond | Langacker P. | Taylor & Francis |
| A Course in Field Theory | Van Baal P. | Taylor & Francis |
| An Introduction to Beam Physics | Berz M., Makino K., Wan W. | Taylor & Francis |
| An Introduction to Particle Physics and the Standard Model | Mann, R. | Taylor & Francis |
| An Introduction to the Passage of Energetic Particles through Matter | Carron, N. J. | Taylor & Francis |
| Cosmology in Gauge Field Theory and String Theory | Bailin, D., and Love, A. | Taylor & Francis |
| Gauge Fields and Strings | Polyakov, A.M. | Taylor & Francis |
| Group Theory for the Standard Model of Particle Physics and Beyong | Barnes, J.K | Taylor & Francis |
| Introduction to Gauge Field Theory | Bailin, D., Love, A. | Taylor & Francis |
| Supersymmetric Gauge Field Theory and String Theory | Bailin, D., Love, A. | Taylor & Francis |
| The World in Eleven Dimensions: Supergravity, Supermembranes and M-theory | Duff, M. J. | Taylor & Francis |
| Ideas and Methods of Supersymmetry and Supergravity or A Walk Through Superspace | Kruzenko, S.M. | Taylor & Francis |
| Perspectives on LHC Physics | Kane, G., and Pierce, A. | World Scientific |
| Colliders and Neutrinos - The Window into Physics beyond the Standard Model (TASI 2006) | Dawson, S., and Mohapatra, N.R. | World Scientific |
| Perspectives on String Phenomenology | Acharya, B., Kane, L.G., and Kumar, P. | World Scientific |
| A Modern Introduction to Particle Physics 3rd Edition | Fayyazuddin and Riazuddin | World Scientific |
| Beam-based Correction and Optimization for Accelerators | Huang, H. | Taylor & Francis |
| Effective Theories in Physics | Wells, J.D. | Springer Nature |
| Electroweak Physics at LEP and LHC | Straessner, A. | Springer Nature |
| Experimental Techniques in Nuclear and Particle Physics | Tavernier, S. | Springer Nature |
| Neutrino Physics | Zuber, K. | Taylor & Francis |
| The Science and Technology of Particle Accelerators | Appleby, R., Burt, G., Clarke, J., Owen, H. | Taylor & Francis |
| Theoretical Foundations of Synchrotron and Storage Ring RF Systems | Klingbeil, H., Laier, U., Lens, D. | Springer Nature |
| Unifying Physics of Accelerators, Lasers and Plasma | Seryi, A. | Taylor & Francis |
| Gauge Theories in Particle Physics: A Practical Introduction, Volume 1 From Relativistic Quantum Mechanics to QED, Fourth Edition | Aitchison I.J.R, Hey, A.J.G | Taylor & Francis |
| Gauge Theories in Particle Physics: A Practical Introduction, Volume 2: Non-Abelian Gauge Theories QCD and The Electroweak Theory, Fourth Edition | Aitchison I.J.R, Hey, A.J.G | Taylor & Francis |
| Advanced Concepts in Particle and Field Theory | Hübsch, T. | Cambridge University Press |
| Bell Nonlocality | Scarani, V. | Oxford University Press |
| Classical Covariant Fields | Burgess, M. | Cambridge University Press |
| Conformal Methods in General Relativity | Kroon, J.A.V. | Cambridge University Press |
| Dynamics of the Standard Model | Donoghue, J.F., Golowich, E., Holstein, B.R. | Cambridge University Press |
| Electron Scattering for Nuclear and Nucleon Structure | Walecka, J.D. | Cambridge University Press |
| Elementary Scattering Theory | Sivia, D.S. | Oxford University Press |
| Gaseous Radiation Detectors | Sauli, F. | Cambridge University Press |
| Hadrons and Quark–Gluon Plasma | Letessier, J., Rafelski, J. | Cambridge University Press |
| Introduction to Experimental Particle Physics | Fernow, R.C. | Cambridge University Press |
| Kinks and Domain Walls | Vachaspati, T. | Cambridge University Press |
| Loops, Knots, Gauge Theories | Gambini, R., Pullin, J. | Cambridge University Press |
| Mathematics of Quantization and Quantum Fields | Dereziński, J., Gérard, C. | Cambridge University Press |
| Neutron Interferometry | Rauch, H., Werner, S.A. | Oxford University Press |
| Nonequilibrium Quantum Field Theory | Calzetta, E.A., Hu, B.B. | Cambridge University Press |
| Particle Physics in the LHC era | Barr, G., Devenish, R., Walczak, R., Weidberg, T. | Oxford University Press |
| Principles of Magnetostatics | Fernow, R.C. | Cambridge University Press |
| QCD as a Theory of Hadrons | Narison, S. | Cambridge University Press |
| Quantum Chromodynamics and the Pomeron | Forshaw, J.R., Ross, D.A. | Cambridge University Press |
| Quantum Chromodynamics at High Energy | Kovchegov, Y.V., Levin, E. | Cambridge University Press |
| Quarks, Gluons and Lattices | Creutz, M. | Cambridge University Press |
| Strong Interactions of Hadrons at High Energies | Gribov, V. | Cambridge University Press |
| Supersymmetry and String Theory | Dine, M. | Cambridge University Press |
| The Black Book of Quantum Chromodynamics | Campbell, J., Huston, J., Krauss, F. | Oxford University Press |
| The Theory and Applications of Instanton Calculations | Paranjape, M. | Cambridge University Press |
| Weak Scale Supersymmetry | Baer, H., Tata, X. | Cambridge University Press |
| Gauge Theory of Elementary Particle Physics (2000) | Cheng, T., Li, L. | Oxford University Press |
| The Lund Model | Andersson, Bo | Cambridge University Press |
| Nuclear Superfluidity | Brink, David M., Broglia, Ricardo A. | Cambridge University Press |
| Gauge/String Duality, Hot QCD and Heavy Ion Collisions | Casalderrey-Solana, Jorge et al | Cambridge University Press |
| Foundations of Perturbative QCD | Collins, John | Cambridge University Press |
| Renormalization | Collins, John | Cambridge University Press |
| An Introduction to Regge Theory and High Energy Physics | Collins, P.D.B. | Cambridge University Press |
| The Pinch Technique and its Applications to Non-Abelian Gauge Theories | Cornwall, John M. et al | Cambridge University Press |
| An Introduction to the Standard Model of Particle Physics | Mann, Robert | Cambridge University Press |
| Non-Perturbative Field Theory | Frishman, Yitzhak, Sonnenschein, Jacob | Cambridge University Press |
| Moonshine beyond the Monster | Gannon, Terry | Cambridge University Press |
| Particle Detectors second edition | Grupen, Claus, Shwartz, Boris | Cambridge University Press |
| Quantized Detector Networks | Jaroszkiewicz, George | Cambridge University Press |
| D-Branes | Johnson, Clifford V. | Cambridge University Press |
| Finite-Temperature Field Theory, Second edition | Kapusta, Joseph I., Gale, Charles | Cambridge University Press |
| Spin in Particle Physics | Leader, Elliot | Cambridge University Press |
| Methods of Contemporary Gauge Theory | Makeenko, Yuri | Cambridge University Press |
| Heavy Quark Physics | Manohar, Aneesh V., Wise, Mark B. | Cambridge University Press |
| Electroweak Theory | Paschos, E.A. | Cambridge University Press |
| Supersymmetric Solitons | Shifman, M., Yung, A. | Cambridge University Press |
| Introduction to Quantum Fields on a Lattice | Smit, Jan | Cambridge University Press |
| Dynamics of Charged Particles and their Radiation Field | Spohn, Herbert | Cambridge University Press |
| An Introduction to Particle Accelerators | Wilson, Edmund | Oxford University Press |
| CP violation | Branco, Gustavo et al | Oxford University Press |
| Electron-Phonon Interactions in Low-Dimensional Structures | Challis, Lawrence | Oxford University Press |
| Detectors in Particle Physics | Viehhauser, G, Weidberg, T | Taylor & Francis |
| Introduction to General Relativity, Black Holes and Cosmology | Choquet-Bruhat, Yvonne | Oxford University Press |
| Effective Field Theory for Spontaneously Broken Symmetry | Brauner, Tomas | Springer Nature |
| The Physics of Laser Plasmas and Applications II | Hideaki Takabe | Springer Nature |
| Gauge Theory of Elementary Particle Physics (1984) | Cheng, T., Li, L. | Oxford University Press |
| Relativistic Quantum Mechanics | Maiani, L., Benhar O. | Taylor & Francis |
Supporting SCOAP3 Institutions
The SCOAP3 for Books initiative was made possible thanks to the generous support of the following institutions. Please note that this list will be continuously expanded as institutions confirm their contribution.
| Countries and Regions | Institution |
|---|---|
| Australia | Queensland University of Technology (QUT) |
| Australia | University of New South Wales |
| Austria | Austrian Transition to Open Access 2 (AT2OA2) |
| Austria | International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) |
| Austria | Johannes Kepler Universitat Linz |
| Austria | Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften |
| Austria | Technische Universität Graz |
| Austria | Technische Universität Wien |
| Austria | Universität Graz |
| Austria | Universität Wien |
| Austria | Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Tirol |
| Canada | Brock University |
| Canada | Cape Breton University |
| Canada | Concordia University |
| Canada | Dalhousie University |
| Canada | European Council for Nuclear Research |
| Canada | McGill University |
| Canada | McMaster University |
| Canada | Memorial University of Newfoundland |
| Canada | Mount Saint Vincent University |
| Canada | Saint Mary's University |
| Canada | Simon Fraser University |
| Canada | Trent University |
| Canada | Université de Moncton |
| Canada | Université de Montréal |
| Canada | Université Laval |
| Canada | University of British Columbia |
| Canada | University of Lethbridge |
| Canada | University of Manitoba |
| Canada | University of Ottawa |
| Canada | University of Saskatchewan |
| Canada | University of Toronto |
| Canada | University of Victoria |
| Canada | University of Windsor |
| Canada | Western University |
| CERN | European Council for Nuclear Research |
| China | Fudan University Library |
| China | Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences |
| China | Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences |
| China | Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences |
| China | Institute of Theoretical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences |
| China | Library of University of Science and Technology of China |
| China | Nanjing Normal University |
| China | Nanjing University Library |
| China | National Science and Technology Library |
| China | National Science Library, Chinese Academy of Sciences |
| China | Peking University Library |
| China | Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences |
| China | Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences |
| China | Shanghai Jiao Tong University Library |
| China | Sichuan University Library |
| China | Tsinghua University Library |
| China | University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Library |
| Czech Republic | ADVACAM |
| Czech Republic | Centrum výzkumu Řež, s.r.o. |
| Czech Republic | České vysoké učení technické v Praze |
| Czech Republic | Fyzikální ústav AV CR, v.v.i. |
| Czech Republic | Jihočeská univerzita v Českých Budějovicích |
| Czech Republic | Masarykova univerzita Matematický ústav AV ČR, v. v. i. |
| Czech Republic | Národní technická knihovna |
| Czech Republic | Ostravská Univerzita |
| Czech Republic | Slezská univerzita v Opavě |
| Czech Republic | Technická univerzita Liberec |
| Czech Republic | Univerzita Hradec Králové |
| Czech Republic | Univerzita J.E.Purkyně, v Olomouci |
| Czech Republic | Univerzita Karlova |
| Czech Republic | Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci |
| Czech Republic | Ústav fyziky plazmatu AV CR, v.v.i. |
| Czech Republic | Ústav informatiky AV ČR, v.v.i. |
| Czech Republic | Ústav jaderné fyziky AV CR, v.v.i. |
| Czech Republic | Vysoká škola báňská-Technická Univerzita Ostrava |
| Czech Republic | Vysoká škola chemicko-technologická v Praze |
| Czech Republic | Vysoké učení technické v Brně |
| Finland | Åbo Akademi University |
| Finland | Tampere University |
| Finland | University of Eastern Finland |
| Finland | University of Helsinki |
| Finland | University of Jyväskylä |
| Finland | University of Oulu |
| Finland | University of Turku |
| Finland | VTT Technical Research Center of Finland |
| France | CNRS-Centre national de la recherche scientifique |
| France | UNISTRA - Université de Strasbourg |
| Germany | DESY - Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron |
| Germany | Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen |
| Germany | Georg-August-Universität Göttingen |
| Germany | Goethe-Universität Frankfurt |
| Germany | GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung |
| Germany | Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie |
| Germany | Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf |
| Germany | Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin |
| Germany | Karlsruher Institut für Technologie |
| Germany | Leibniz Universität Hannover |
| Germany | Max Planck Society |
| Germany | Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg |
| Germany | Sächsische Landesbibliothek - Staats- und Universitatsbibliothek Dresden |
| Germany | Technische Informationsbibliothek (TIB) |
| Germany | Technische Universität Dortmund |
| Germany | Universitat Bielefeld |
| Germany | Universität Duisburg-Essen |
| Germany | Universität Hamburg |
| Germany | Universität Leipzig |
| Germany | Universität Rostock |
| Greece | HEAL-Link |
| Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (HKSAR) | City University of Hong Kong |
| Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (HKSAR) | The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (HKSAR) | The Hong Kong Polytechnic University |
| Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (HKSAR) | The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology |
| Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (HKSAR) | The University of Hong Kong |
| Intergovernmental Organisation | CERN |
| Italy | Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) |
| Japan | Chiba University Library |
| Japan | High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK) |
| Japan | Hiroshima University Library |
| Japan | Hokkaido University Library |
| Japan | Kyoto University Library |
| Japan | Kyushu Institute of Technology Library |
| Japan | Kyushu University Library |
| Japan | Meiji University Library |
| Japan | Nara Institute of Science and Technology Library |
| Japan | Niigata University Library |
| Japan | Okayama University Library |
| Japan | Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University Library |
| Japan | Ritsumeikan University Library |
| Japan | Shinshu University Library |
| Japan | Toho University Media Center |
| Japan | Tohoku University Library |
| Japan | Tokyo Institute of Technology Library |
| Japan | University of Tokyo Library System |
| Netherlands | Dutch Research Council (NWO) |
| Norway | Norwegian University of Science and Technology |
| Norway | University of Bergen |
| Norway | University of Oslo Library |
| Portugal | FCT Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia - FCCN |
| Portugal | Universidade de Coimbra |
| South Korea | KISTI - Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information |
| Spain | Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas |
| Spain | Instituto de Astrofísica de Canaras |
| Spain | Universidad Autónoma de Madrid |
| Spain | Universidad Carlos III |
| Spain | Universidad Complutense de Madrid |
| Spain | Universidad de Alcalá |
| Spain | Universidad de Alicante |
| Spain | Universidad de Almería |
| Spain | Universidad de Cádiz |
| Spain | Universidad de Cantabria |
| Spain | Universidad de Castilla - La Mancha |
| Spain | Universidad de Córdoba |
| Spain | Universidad de Granada |
| Spain | Universidad de Huelva |
| Spain | Universidad de Jaén |
| Spain | Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria |
| Spain | Universidad de León |
| Spain | Universidad de Málaga |
| Spain | Universidad de Navarra |
| Spain | Universidad de Oviedo |
| Spain | Universidad de Salamanca |
| Spain | Universidad de Sevilla |
| Spain | Universidad de Valladolid |
| Spain | Universidad de Zaragoza |
| Spain | Universidad del País Vasco / Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea |
| Spain | Universidad Internacional de Andalucía |
| Spain | Universidad Miguel Hernández |
| Spain | Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia |
| Spain | Universidad Pablo de Olavide |
| Spain | Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena |
| Spain | Universidad Politécnica de Madrid |
| Spain | Universidad Pública de Navarra |
| Spain | Universidad Rey Juan Carlos |
| Spain | Universidade da Coruña |
| Spain | Universidade de Santiago de Compostela |
| Spain | Universidade de Vigo |
| Spain | Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona |
| Spain | Universitat de Barcelona |
| Spain | Universitat de Girona |
| Spain | Universitat de les Illes Balears |
| Spain | Universitat de Lleida |
| Spain | Universitat de València |
| Spain | Universitat Jaume I |
| Spain | Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya |
| Spain | Universitat Politècnica de València |
| Spain | Universitat Pompeu Fabra |
| Sweden | KTH Royal Institute of Technology |
| Sweden | Lund University |
| Sweden | Stockholm University |
| Sweden | The National Library of Sweden - Kungliga Biblioteket |
| Switzerland | ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences |
| Switzerland | École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne ‐ EPFL |
| Switzerland | ETH Zurich |
| Switzerland | University of Bern |
| Switzerland | University of Geneva |
| Switzerland | University of Zurich |
| Turkey | Tubitak |
| UK | Durham University (IPPP) |
| UK | University of York |
| USA | American University |
| USA | Bloomington |
| USA | Brown University |
| USA | California Digital Library |
| USA | Carnegie Mellon University |
| USA | Claremont Colleges |
| USA | Colorado State University - Fort Collins |
| USA | Emory University |
| USA | George Washington University |
| USA | Grand Valley State University |
| USA | Harvard University |
| USA | Haverford College |
| USA | Indiana University |
| USA | Johns Hopkins University |
| USA | Kenyon College |
| USA | Los Alamos National Laboratory |
| USA | Louisiana State University |
| USA | Michigan State University |
| USA | Middle Tennessee State University |
| USA | MIT Libraries |
| USA | Montana State University |
| USA | Muhlenberg College |
| USA | New York University |
| USA | Northwestern University |
| USA | Pennsylvania State University |
| USA | Princeton University |
| USA | Purdue University |
| USA | Rowan University |
| USA | Swarthmore College |
| USA | Texas A&M |
| USA | University at Buffalo, SUNY System |
| USA | University of Alabama |
| USA | University of Arizona |
| USA | University of Colorado Boulder |
| USA | University of Florida |
| USA | University of Georgia |
| USA | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| USA | University of Kansas |
| USA | University of Massachusetts, Amherst |
| USA | University of Mississippi |
| USA | University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill |
| USA | University of Pennsylvania |
| USA | University of Rhode Island |
| USA | University of Southern California |
| USA | University of Tennessee |
| USA | University of Texas System Digital Library |
| USA | Vanderbilt University |
| USA | Villanova University |
| USA | Virginia Commonwealth University |
| USA | Washington State University |
| USA | Wayne State University |
| USA | Westchester University |
