Foundations of Perturbative QCD

John Collins author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:28th Apr '11

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A systematic treatment of perturbative QCD, covering the concepts, theorems and their justification, ideal for graduate students and researchers.

Giving an accurate account of the concepts, theorems and their justification, this book is a systematic treatment of perturbative QCD. It relates the concepts to experimental data, giving strong motivations for the methods. Ideal for graduate students starting their work in high-energy physics, it will also interest experienced researchers.The most non-trivial of the established microscopic theories of physics is QCD: the theory of the strong interaction. A critical link between theory and experiment is provided by the methods of perturbative QCD, notably the well-known factorization theorems. Giving an accurate account of the concepts, theorems and their justification, this book is a systematic treatment of perturbative QCD. As well as giving a mathematical treatment, the book relates the concepts to experimental data, giving strong motivations for the methods. It also examines in detail transverse-momentum-dependent parton densities, an increasingly important subject not normally treated in other books. Ideal for graduate students starting their work in high-energy physics, it will also interest experienced researchers wanting a clear account of the subject.

"This book fills a gap and provides a detailed and pedagogical exposition of an important aspect of perturbative QCD." Stefan Weinzierl, Mathematical Reviews

ISBN: 9780521855334

Dimensions: 255mm x 184mm x 38mm

Weight: 1300g

638 pages