This textbook by R. K. Ellis provides a detailed overview of collider physics with special attention to Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD). It covers theoretical and practical aspects of strong interactions as produced in high-energy particle accelerators. This book offers in-depth explanations of QCD, the production of jets, heavy quarks, electroweak bosons, and the Higgs boson.
Contents
After a general introduction to the QCD Lagrangian and the properties of asymptotic freedom and color confinement, an extensive discussion follows of the main applications in collider physics. Benchmarks for the strong coupling constant and various processes from first-principles theory are covered. This edition contributes to the understanding of the physics behind high-energy collisions and is available as open access on Cambridge Core.
Product specifications
- Author: R. K. Ellis (Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois)
- Series: Cambridge Monographs on Particle Physics, Nuclear Physics and Cosmology
- Publisher: Cambridge University Press
- Format: Trade paperback (US)
- Publication date: 2003-12-04
- Number of pages: 452
- ISBN: 9780521545891
- Subject: Particle and high-energy physics
- BISAC: SCIENCE / Physics / Particle