Relativistic quantum field theory. Volume 3, Applications of quantum field theory /

Volume 3 of this three-part series presents more advanced topics and applications of relativistic quantum field theory. The application of quantum chromodynamics to high-energy particle scattering is discussed with concrete examples for how to compute QCD scattering cross sections. Experimental evid...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Strickland, M. T. (Michael Thomas), 1969- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: San Rafael [California] (40 Oak Drive, San Rafael, CA, 94903, USA) : Morgan & Claypool Publishers, [2019]
Colección:IOP (Series). Release 6.
IOP concise physics.
IOP series in nuclear spectroscopy and nuclear structure.
Temas:
Relativistic quantum theory.
Quantum field theory.
Quantum physics (quantum mechanics & quantum field theory).
SCIENCE / Physics / Quantum Theory.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. QCD phenomenology
  • 1.1. Electron-muon scattering
  • 1.2. Form factors
  • 1.3. Elastic electron-proton scattering and the proton form factors
  • 1.4. Inelastic electron-proton scattering
  • 1.5. The parton model and Bjorken scaling
  • 1.6. Valence partons and sea partons
  • 1.7. Beyond the naive parton model
  • 1.8. DGLAP evolution
  • 1.9. Hadron production in e+e- collisions
  • 1.10. Fragmentation functions
  • 1.11. Solution of the DGLAP equations using Mellin moments
  • 1.12. Drell-Yan scattering
  • 2. Weak interactions
  • 2.1. Early models of the weak interaction
  • 2.2. Muon decay
  • 2.3. Charged pion decay
  • 2.4. Electron-neutrino and electron-antineutrino scattering
  • 2.5. Neutrino-quark scattering
  • 2.6. Weak neutral currents
  • 2.7. The Cabibbo angle and the CKM matrix
  • 3. Electroweak unification and the Higgs mechanism
  • 3.1. Electroweak Feynman rules
  • 3.2. Massive gauge fields with local gauge symmetry
  • 3.3. Gauge boson masses in SU(2)L x U(1)Y
  • 3.4. The discovery of the Higgs boson
  • 4. Basics of finite temperature quantum field theory
  • 4.1. Partition function for a quantum harmonic oscillator
  • 4.2. The partition function for a free scalar field theory
  • 4.3. Free scalar thermodynamics
  • 4.4. The need for resummation
  • 4.5. Perturbative expansion of thermodynamics for a scalar field theory
  • 4.6. Screened perturbation theory
  • 5. Hard-thermal-loops for QED and QCD
  • 5.1. Photon polarization tensor
  • 5.2. Fermionic self-energy
  • 5.3. Collective modes
  • 5.4. Hard-thermal-loop effective action
  • 5.5. Hard-thermal-loop resummed thermodynamics.

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