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.
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A detailed overview of high-energy collider physics emphasising the role of QCD. Topics covered include the QCD Lagrangian, the properties of asymptotic freedom and colour confinement which derive from it, jets, heavy quarks, electroweak gauge bosons, Higgs bosons and methods of measuring the strong coupling constant.
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A practical introduction to collider physics,
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This book is for graduate students and researchers in elementaryparticle physics. It covers how experimental results from high energy particle colliders are related to the theory, with an emphasis on the theory of quantum chromodynamics. The authors are three of the leading experts in this area. In my opinion, the book isn't perfect, but it's very good.
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In this book you can find both a very brief and clear introduction to the theoretical picture of Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD) and lots of phenomenological applications. It contains descriptions and data of many particles processes as some important exact calculations. It should be of interest to graduate students who intend to work in QCD. It is suggested knowledge of elementary particles physics and field theory. I liked this book because it gave to me a comprehensive overview of the physics of high-energy colliders.
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- Hadron Interactions, (Graduate student series in physics) by P. D. B. Collins on page 154, and page 268
- Dynamics of the Standard Model (Cambridge Monographs on Particle Physics, Nuclear Physics and Cosmology) by John F. Donoghue in Front Matter
- Weak Interactions and Modern Particle Theory by Howard Georgi on page 20
- Particle Detectors (Cambridge Monographs on Particle Physics, Nuclear Physics and Cosmology) by Claus Grupen in Front Matter
- Quantum Field Theory (Dover Books on Physics) by Claude Itzykson on page 21
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- Data Analysis Techniques for High-Energy Physics (Cambridge Monographs on Particle Physics, Nuclear Physics and Cosmology) by R. Frühwirth in Front Matter
- Hadrons and Quark-Gluon Plasma (Cambridge Monographs on Particle Physics, Nuclear Physics and Cosmology) by Jean Letessier in Front Matter
- Electron Scattering for Nuclear and Nucleon Structure (Cambridge Monographs on Particle Physics, Nuclear Physics and Cosmology) by John Dirk Walecka in Front Matter
- The Physics of Particle Detectors (Cambridge Monographs on Particle Physics, Nuclear Physics and Cosmology) by Dan Green in Front Matter
- Quantum Electrodynamics: Gribov Lectures on Theoretical Physics (Cambridge Monographs on Particle Physics, Nuclear Physics and Cosmology) by V. N. Gribov in Front Matter
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