Quantum Chromodynamics
Quantum Chromodynamics is a thorough introduction for students in theoretical physics and scientists needing a reference and exercise book in this field. The book presents the necessary mathematical tools together with many examples and worked problems. In introductory chapters the reader becomes fa...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin, Heidelberg
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
1994, 1994
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1994 |
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- 1. The Introduction of Quarks
- 1.1 The Hadron Spectrum
- 2. Review of Relativistic Field Theory
- 2.1 Spinor Quantum Electrodynamics
- 2.2 Scalar Quantum Electrodynamics
- 2.3 Fermion—Boson and Fermion7#x2014;Fermion Scattering
- 3. Scattering Reactions and the Internal Structure of Baryons
- 3.1 Simple Quark Models Compared
- 3.2 The Description of Scattering Reactions
- 3.3 The MIT Bag Model
- 4. Gauge Theories and Quantum-Chromodynamics
- 4.1 The Standard Model — A Typical Gauge Theory
- 4.2 The Gauge Theory of Quark—Quark Interactions
- 4.3 Dimensional Regularization
- 4.4 The Renormalized Coupling Constant of QCD
- 5. Perturbative QCD I: Deep Inelastic Scattering
- 5.1 The Gribov—Lipatov—Altarelli—Parisi Equations
- 5.2 An Alternative Approach to the GLAP Equations
- 5.3 Common Parametrizations of the Distribution Functions and Anomalous Dimensions
- 5.4 Renormalization and the Expansion Into Local Operators
- 5.5 The Spin-Dependent Structure Functions
- 5.6 The Spin-Dependent Structure Functions in the MIT Bag Model
- 6. Perturbative QCD II: The Drell—Yan Process and the Gribov—Levin—Ryskin Equation
- 6.1 The Drell—Yan Process
- 6.2 Small-x Physics and the Gribov—Levin—Ryskin Equation
- 7. Nonperturbative QCD
- 7.1 Lattice Gauge Theories
- 7.2 Lattice Theories at Finite Temperature
- 7.3 QCD Sum Rules
- 8. Phenomenological Models for Non-Perturbative QCD Problems
- 8.1 The Ground State of QCD
- 8.2 The Quark-Gluon Plasma