QCD and Collider Physics

One of the triumphs of modern particle physics has been the extent to which Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD) has successfully accounted for the strong interaction processes observed at high-energy particle colliders, for example the production of heavy quarks and jets of particles, and the short-distance parton structure of the proton. This book gives a detailed overview of collider physics with special emphasis on the study of QCD. After a general description of the QCD Lagrangian, and the properties of asymptotic freedom and colour confinement which derive from it, the most important applications at high-energy colliders are described in detail. These include the production of jets, heavy quarks, electroweak gauge bosons and Higgs bosons. The various methods of measuring the strong coupling constant are summarised. Many of the theoretical results are calculated from first principles, and the book will be both a textbook and a valuable source of reference material for all particle physicists.

ISBN 0521581893   Volumes 1 ISBN13 9780521581899 (What's this?)   Weight (grammes) 932 Publisher Cambridge University Press   Published in Cambridge Imprint Cambridge University Press   Series editor Dorfan, J., Ericson, T., Landshoff, P.V. Format Hardback   Series ISSN 0007 Publication date 24 Oct 1996   Series title Cambridge Monographs on Particle Physics, Nuclear Physics & Cosmology Non-book description xiv, 435 p. :   Height (mm) 247 Library of Congress QC793.3.Q35 E44 1996   Width (mm) 174 DEWEY 539.7548   Spine width (mm) 29 DEWEY edition DC20   Academic level Professional / Scholarly Pages 449

		Preface
1		Fundamentals of QCD		1
2		Asymptotic freedom and confinement		22
3		QCD in electron-positron annihilation		53
4		Deep inelastic scattering		86
5		Parton branching and jet simulation		157
6		Jet properties beyond fixed order		193
7		Hadroproduction of jets and photons		237
8		Electroweak interactions		270
9		The production of vector bosons		301
10		Heavy quarks		332
11		Higgs bosons at high-energy colliders		388
12		Measurements of the strong coupling constant		411
		Index		428

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