Quantum Chromodynamics: High Energy Experiments and Theory: 115 - Rilegato

Dissertori, Günther; Knowles, Ian G.; Schmelling, Michael

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0198505728 ISBN 13: 9780198505723

Casa editrice: Clarendon Press, 2003

Riassunto

This book provides an introduction to Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD), the theory of strong interactions. It covers in full detail both the theoretical foundations and the experimental tests of the theory. Although the experimental chapters focus on recent measurements, the subject is placed into historical perspective by also summarizing the steps which led to the formulation of QCD. Measurements are discussed as they were performed by the LEP experiments at CERN, or at hadron-hadron and lepton-hadron colliders such as the TEVATRON at Fermilab and HERA at DESY. Emphasis is placed on high energy tests of QCD, such as measurements of the strong coupling constant, investigations of the non-abelian structure of the underlying gauge group, determinations of nucleon structure functions, and studies of the non-perturbative hadronization process. This excellent text gives a detailed overview of how QCD developed in the 20th century and where we stand with respect to a quantitative understanding after the turn of the millenium. The text is intended for graduate and postgraduate students as well as researchers, and includes numerous problems and solutions.

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L'autore:

Professor Günther Dissertori CERN EP Division CH-1211 Geneva Switzerland guenther.dissertori@cern.ch; Dr Ian Garfield Knowles 5/2 Old Fishmarket Close Edinburgh EH1 1RW Scotland iknowles@supanet.com; ** Main contact: Dr Michael Schmelling MPI für Kernphysik Postfach 103980 D-69029 Heidelberg Germany Michael.Schmelling@mpi-hd.mpg.de +49 6221 516511 phone

Contenuti:

• 1: Introduction
• 2: The development of QCD
• 3: The theory of QCD
• 4: Monte Carlo models
• 5: Experimental setup
• 6: QCD analyses
• 7: Structure functions and Parton distributions
• 8: The strong coupling constant
• 9: Tests of the structure of QCD
• 10: Tests of the gauge structure of QCD: Colour factors
• 11: Leading-log QCD
• 12: Differences Between Quark and Gluon Jets
• 13: Fragmentation
• 14: Summary
• A: Elements of group theory
• B: Building blocks of theoretical predictions
• C: Dimensional Regularization
• D: R(ital) gamma(ital lowercase subset), R(ital)iota(lowercase ital subset) and R(ital)tau(ital lowercase subset) for arbitrary colour factors
• E: Scaling Violations in fragmentation functions
• F: Solutions
• References

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Clarendon Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0198505728
• ISBN 13: 9780198505723
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 556