Quantum Chromodynamics : High Energy Experiments and Theory Hardback
by Gunther (, Institute of Particle Physics, ETH Zurich) Dissertori, Ian G. (, University of Edinburgh) Knowles, Michael (, Max-Planck-Institute for Nuclear Physics, Heidelberg, and Technische Universi Schmelling
Part of the International Series of Monographs on Physics series
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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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- Pages:556 pages, numerous figures and 2pp full colour plates
- Publisher:Oxford University Press
- Publication Date:06/02/2003
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Out of StockMore expected soonContact us for further information
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:556 pages, numerous figures and 2pp full colour plates
- Publisher:Oxford University Press
- Publication Date:06/02/2003
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- ISBN:9780198505723