Christopher Aubin

Quantum Chromodynamics Essentials

A Guide to QCD Research

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. April 2026
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781394350988
• ISBN-10: 1394350988
• Artikelnr.: 75398417

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
The Standard Model
Quantum Electrodynamics
Quantum Chromodynamics and Quarks
"Natural" Units
Problems
 
2. From Modern Physics to Four-Vectors
Lorentz Transformations
Moving to Four-Vectors
Other Vectors and Beyond
Euclidean Space
Problems
 
3. From Modern Physics to Quantum Field Theory
Waves or Particles?
Wavefunctions and States
Relativistic Quantum Mechanics
Spin
Chirality
Path Integral
Representing the States - Dirac Notation
Examples
Problems
 
4. From Electromagnetics to Quantum Electrodynamics
Maxwell's Equations
Exercises
E&M in Relativistic Notation
Exercises
 
5. A Quick Peek at Probabilities
 
6. Symmetries and Group Theory
Group theory
Examples
Representations vs. Elements
Exercises
Symmetry Transformations as Group Operations
Rotations
Unitary Groups
Lorentz Group
Dirac Bilinears
Exercises
Gauge invariance
 
7. From Newton's Laws to Lagrangians
Classical Physics from a Lagrangian Approach
Field theory
Dirac Equation to QED
Exercises
 
8. Feynman Rules
 
9. Gaussian integrals
Gaussian integrals with Ordinary Real Numbers
Gaussian integrals with Ordinary Complex Numbers
Other Important integrals
 
10. Lattice QCD
Discretizing Space, Time, and Derivatives
Exercises
Gauge invariance on the Lattice
Generating Configurations
Exercises
Fermions on the Lattice
Sea Quarks & the Quark Determinant
Valence Quarks & the Pion Correlator
Species Doubling
Exercises
Scale Setting