Quantum Chromodynamics

Quantum Chromodynamics by Walter Greiner, Andreas Schäfer.

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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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Greiner, Walter (Author), Schäfer, Andreas (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 1994.
Edition:1st ed. 1994.
Series:Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Elementary particles (Physics).
Quantum field theory.
Quantum computers.
Spintronics.
Quantum physics.
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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.

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