Research Catalog

Title

The theory of quark and gluon interactions / F.J. Ynduráin.

Author

Ynduráin, F. J.

Publication

Berlin ; New York : Springer-Verlag, ©1993.

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Description

xv, 319 pages : illustrations; 25 cm.

Series Statement

Texts and monographs in physics

Uniform Title

Texts and monographs in physics

Subject

• Quantum chromodynamics
• Quantum chromodynamics
• Kwantumchromodynamica
• Reacoes Nucleares E Espalhamento
• Gluons
• Quarks
• Chromodynamique quantique

Note

• Title of first edition: Quantum Chronodynamics.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• 3.8. Heavy and Light Quarks: The Decoupling Theorem. Effective n [actual symbol not reproducible], [Lambda]. 3.9. The Operator Product Expansion (OPE) at Short Distances. Nonperturbative Effects in Quark and Gluon Propagators -- 4. Perturbative QCD. I. Deep Inelastic Processes. 4.1. e[superscript +]e[superscript -] Annihilation into Hadrons. 4.2. Digression on the Renormalization Scheme Dependence of Calculations and Parameters. Truncation Problems. 4.3. Kinematics of Deep Inelastic Scattering. The Parton Model. 4.4. Light Cone Expansion of Products of Currents. Bjorken Limit. 4.5. The OPE for Deep Inelastic Scattering in QCD: Moments. 4.6. Renormalization Group Analysis: The QCD Equations for the Moments. 4.7. QCD Equations for the Moments to Second Order. 4.8. The Altarelli-Parisi Method. 4.9. General Consequences of QCD for Structure Functions. 4.10. Comparison with Experiment: Parametrizations Compatible with QCD and Pointlike Evolution of Structure Functions.
• 4.11. Target Mass Corrections. 4.12. Nonperturbative Effects in e[superscript +]e[superscript -] Annihilation and Higher Twists in Deep Inelastic Scattering -- 5. Perturbative QCD. II. OZI Decays; Drell-Yan Processes; Jets; Corrections to Weak Decays; SVZ Sum Rules; Exclusive Processes. 5.1. OZI Forbidden Decays. 5.2. Drell-Yan Processes. 5.3. Jets -- Generalities. 5.4. Jets in e[superscript +]e[superscript -] Annihilations. 5.5. Jets in Hadron Physics. 5.6. The SVZ Sum Rules. 5.7. Exclusive Processes. 5.8. Other Processes Describable with Perturbative QCD -- 6. Hadrons as Bound States of Quarks. 6.1. Generalities. The Quark Model of Hadrons. 6.2. QCD Analysis of Heavy Quark Bound States. "Perturbative" Potential, and Corrections. 6.3. QCD Analysis of Lowest Lying [actual symbol not reproducible] States. 6.4. Higher Excited States. Confinement Forces. Effective Potential. 6.5. The Constituent Quark Model. 6.6. The Bag Model.
• 7. Light Quark Masses; PCAC; Chiral Dynamics; the QCD Vacuum. 7.1. Mass Terms and Invariances: Chiral Invariance. 7.2. Wigner-Weyl and Nambu-Goldstone Realizations of Symmetries. 7.3. PCAC and Quark Mass Ratios. 7.4. Bounds and Estimates of Light Quark Masses. 7.5. The Decay [actual symbol not reproducible]: The Axial Anomaly. 7.6. The U(1) Problem. The Gluon Anomaly. 7.7. The [theta] Parameter: The QCD Vacuum; The Effect of Massless Quarks; Solution to the U(1) Problem -- 8. Nonperturbative Solutions. Lattice QCD. 8.1. The WKB Approximation in the Path Integral Formalism: Tunnelling. 8.2. Euclidean QCD. 8.3. Instantons. 8.4. Connection with the Topological Quantum Number and the QCD Vacuum. 8.5. Quarks (and Gluons) on an Euclidean Lattice. 8.6. Gluons (and Quarks) on the Lattice. Paths and Loops. The Wilson Action. 8.7. Feynman Rules on the Lattice. Renormalization Group. Connection with the Continuum Parameters. 8.8. The Wilson Loop. Strong Coupling. Confinement.
• 8.9. Observable Consequences of Lattice QCD -- 9. The Parameters of QCD. 9.1. Coupling Constants: [Theta], [alpha[subscript s]], [Lambda]. 9.2. Condensates and Quark Masses -- Appendix A: [gamma]-Algebra in Dimension D -- Appendix B: Some Useful Integrals -- Appendix C: Group-Theoretic Quantities -- Appendix D: Feynman Rules for QCD -- Appendix E: Feynman Rules for Composite Operators -- Appendix F: Some Singular Functions -- Appendix G: Kinematics, Cross Sections, Decay Rates -- Appendix H: Functional Derivatives -- Appendix I: Gauge-Invariant Operator Product -- Appendix J: Group Integration.

ISBN

• 3540558039
• 9783540558033
• 0387558039
• 9780387558035

LCCN

92027021

OCLC

• ocm26552930
• 26552930
• SCSB-1987064

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library