Ebook: Quantum Chromodynamics

The book is a self-contained introduction to perturbative and nonperturbative quantum Chromodynamics (QCD) with worked-out exercises for students of theoretical physics. It will be useful as a reference for research scientists as well. Starting with the hadron spectrum, the reader becomes familiar with the representations of SU(N). Relativistic quantum field theory is recapitulated, and scattering theory is discussed in the framework of scalar quantum electrodynamics. Then the gauge theory of quarks and gluons is introduced. In the more advanced chapters, perturbative and nonperturbative techniques in state-of-the-art QCD are discussed in great detail.
This completely revised and enlarged second edition will fill the gap in the literature.

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The book is a self-contained introduction to perturbative and nonperturbative quantum Chromodynamics (QCD) with worked-out exercises for students of theoretical physics. It will be useful as a reference for research scientists as well. Starting with the hadron spectrum, the reader becomes familiar with the representations of SU(N). Relativistic quantum field theory is recapitulated, and scattering theory is discussed in the framework of scalar quantum electrodynamics. Then the gauge theory of quarks and gluons is introduced. In the more advanced chapters, perturbative and nonperturbative techniques in state-of-the-art QCD are discussed in great detail.
This completely revised and enlarged second edition will fill the gap in the literature.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-XVI
The Introduction of Quarks....Pages 1-15
Review of Relativistic Field Theory....Pages 17-73
Scattering Reactions and the Internal Structure of Baryons....Pages 75-151
Gauge Theories and Quantum-Chromodynamics....Pages 153-235
Perturbative QCD I: Deep Inelastic Scattering....Pages 237-383
Perturbative QCD II: The Drell-Yan Process and Small-x Physics....Pages 385-437
Nonperturbative QCD....Pages 439-511
Phenomenological Models for Nonperturbative QCD Problems....Pages 513-537
Back Matter....Pages 539-551

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The book is a self-contained introduction to perturbative and nonperturbative quantum Chromodynamics (QCD) with worked-out exercises for students of theoretical physics. It will be useful as a reference for research scientists as well. Starting with the hadron spectrum, the reader becomes familiar with the representations of SU(N). Relativistic quantum field theory is recapitulated, and scattering theory is discussed in the framework of scalar quantum electrodynamics. Then the gauge theory of quarks and gluons is introduced. In the more advanced chapters, perturbative and nonperturbative techniques in state-of-the-art QCD are discussed in great detail.
This completely revised and enlarged second edition will fill the gap in the literature.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-XVI
The Introduction of Quarks....Pages 1-15
Review of Relativistic Field Theory....Pages 17-73
Scattering Reactions and the Internal Structure of Baryons....Pages 75-151
Gauge Theories and Quantum-Chromodynamics....Pages 153-235
Perturbative QCD I: Deep Inelastic Scattering....Pages 237-383
Perturbative QCD II: The Drell-Yan Process and Small-x Physics....Pages 385-437
Nonperturbative QCD....Pages 439-511
Phenomenological Models for Nonperturbative QCD Problems....Pages 513-537
Back Matter....Pages 539-551
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