9780198505723: Quantum Chromodynamics: High Energy Experiments and Theory

Synopsis

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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À propos de l?auteur

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

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9780199566419: Quantum Chromodynamics: High Energy Experiments and Theory

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ISBN 10 :  0199566410 ISBN 13 :  9780199566419
Editeur : Oxford University Press, 2009
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