Quantum Chromodynamics,9783540666103

Quantum Chromodynamics

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Edition: 2nd
ISBN13: 9783540666103
ISBN10: 3540666109
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2002-10-01
Publisher(s): Springer Verlag
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Summary

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.

Table of Contents

The Introduction of Quarks
1(16)
The Hadron Spectrum
1(16)
Review of Relativistic Field Theory
17(58)
Spinor Quantum Electrodynamics
17(8)
The Free Dirac Equation and Its Solution
17(3)
Density and Current Density
20(1)
Covariant Notation
21(1)
Normalization of Dirac Spinors
21(2)
Interaction with a Four-Potential Aμ
23(1)
Transition Amplitudes
24(1)
Discrete Symmetries
24(1)
Scalar Quantum Electrodynamics
25(31)
The Free Klein-Gordon Equation and Its Solutions
25(3)
Interaction of a π+ with a Potential Aμ
28(3)
π+K+ Scattering
31(3)
The Cross Section
34(11)
Spin-1 Particles and Their Polarization
45(6)
The Propagator for Virtual Photons
51(5)
Fermion-Boson and Fermion-Fermion Scattering
56(19)
Traces and Spin Summations
58(10)
The Structure of the Form Factors from Invariance Considerations
68(7)
Scattering Reactions and the Internal Structure of Baryons
75(78)
Simple Quark Models Compared
75(3)
The Description of Scattering Reactions
78(45)
The MIT Bag Model
123(30)
Gauge Theories and Quantum-Chromodynamics
153(84)
The Standard Model: A Typical Gauge Theory
153(10)
The Gauge Theory of Quark-Quark Interactions
163(19)
Dimensional Regularization
182(18)
The Renormalized Coupling Constant of QCD
200(17)
Extended Example: Anomalies in Gauge Theories
217(20)
The Schwinger Model on the Circle
217(2)
Dirac Sea
219(2)
Ultraviolet Regularization
221(4)
Standard Derivation
225(2)
Anomalies in QCD
227(1)
The Axial and Scale Anomalies
228(6)
Mulitloop Corrections
234(3)
Perturbative QCD 1: Deep Inelastic Scattering
237(148)
The Gribov-Lipatov-Altarelli-Parisi Equations
237(26)
An Alternative Approach to the Glap Equations
263(16)
Common Parametrizations of the Distribution Functions and Anomalous Dimensions
279(11)
Renormalization and the Expansion Into Local Operators
290(36)
Calculation of the Wilson Coefficients
326(28)
The Spin-Dependent Structure Functions
354(31)
Perturbative QCD II: The Drell-Yan Process and Small-x Physics
385(54)
The Drell-Yan Process
385(43)
Small-x Physics
428(11)
Nonperturbative QCD
439(74)
Lattice QCD Calculations
440(48)
The Path Integral Method
440(5)
Expectation Values
445(2)
Qcd on the Lattice
447(2)
Gluons on the Lattice
449(3)
Integration in SU(2)
452(2)
Discretization: Scalar and Fermionic Fields
454(5)
Fermionic Path Intergral
459(2)
Monte Carlo Methods
461(2)
Metropolis Algorithm
463(1)
Langevin Algorithms
464(2)
The Microcanonical Algorithms
466(6)
Strong and Weak Coupling Expansions
472(2)
Weak-Coupling Approximation
474(1)
Larger Loops in the Limit of Weak and Strong Coupling
475(2)
The String Tension
477(3)
The Lattice at Finite Temperature
480(3)
The Quark Condensate
483(2)
The Polyakov Loop
485(1)
The Center Symmetry
486(2)
QCD Sum Rules
488(25)
Phenomenological Models for Nonperturbative QCD Problems
513(26)
The Ground State of QCD
513(15)
The Quark-Gluon Plasma
528(11)
Appendix 539(8)
A The Group SU (N)
539(2)
B Dirac Algebra in Dimension d
541(3)
C Some Useful Integrals
544(3)
Subject Index 547

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