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OverviewThis book provides an up-to-date, self-contained account of deep inelastic scattering in high-energy physics, intended for graduate students and physicists new to the subject. It covers the classic results which led to the quark-parton model of hadrons and the establishment of quantum chromodynamics as the theory of the strong nuclear force, in addition to new vistas in the subject opened up by the electron-proton collider HERA. The extraction of parton momentum distribution functions, a key input for physics at hadron colliders such as the Tevatron at Fermi Lab and the Large Hadron Collider at CERN, is described in detail. The challenges of the HERA data at 'low x' are described and possible explanations in terms of gluon dynamics and other models outlined. Other chapters cover: jet production at large momentum transfer and the determination of the strong coupling constant, electroweak interactions at very high momentum transfers, the extension of deep inelastic techniques to include hadronic probes, a summary of fully polarised inelastic scattering and the spin structure of the nucleon, and finally a brief account of methods in searching for signals 'beyond the standard model'. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Robin Devenish (Department of Physics, University of Oxford) , Amanda Cooper-Sarkar (Department of Physics, University of Oxford)Publisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press Dimensions: Width: 16.00cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 23.30cm Weight: 0.632kg ISBN: 9780199602254ISBN 10: 0199602255 Pages: 416 Publication Date: 28 April 2011 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of Contents1: Introduction 2: The quark-parton model 3: Quantum chromodynamics (QCD) and formal methods 4: QCD improved parton model 5: Deep inelastic scattering (DIS) experiments and data 6: Extraction of parton densities 7: Alpha s from scaling violations and jets at high Q squared 8: DIS at high Q squared 9: DIS at low x 10: Hadron induced DIS 11: Polarized DIS 12: Beyond the standard model A: Dirac equations and some other conventions B: Phase space and cross-sections C: DIS cross-sections D: Feynman rules E: Monte Carlo codes F: Data sources G: Parton parameterizationsReviews[Devenish and Cooper-Sarkar] have written a book whose distinction reflects this pedigree and which is a landmark ... The authors thus deserve our congratulations. Contemporary Physics `[Devenish and Cooper-Sarkar] have written a book whose distinction reflects this pedigree and which is a landmark ... The authors thus deserve our congratulations.' Contemporary Physics [Devenish and Cooper-Sarkar] have written a book whose distinction reflects this pedigree and which is a landmark ... The authors thus deserve our congratulations. * Contemporary Physics * Author InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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