Foundations of Perturbative Qcd

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

List of contents

1. Introduction; 2. Why QCD?; 3. Basics of QCD; 4. Infra-red safety and non-safety; 5. Libby-Sterman analysis and power counting; 6. Parton model to parton theory I; 7. Parton model to parton theory II; 8. Factorization; 9. Corrections to the parton model in QCD; 10. Factorization and subtractions; 11. DIS in QCD; 12. Fragmentation; 13. TMD factorization; 14. Hadron-hadron collisions; 15. More advanced topics; Appendices; References; Index.

About the author

John Collins is Distinguished Professor of Physics at Pennsylvania State University. He has lengthy experience in perturbative QCD. He has proved a number of the fundamental theorems which form the main content of this book, and has a record of formulating and deriving novel results in QCD. During his career he has received several awards, including a Guggenheim fellowship, a Humboldt Research Award, a Mercator professorship and the J. J. Sakurai prize.

Product details

• Authors: John Collins, John (Pennsylvania State University) Collins
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.07.2023
• EAN: 9781009401838
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0940183-8
• Series: Cambridge Monographs on Particle Physics, Nuclear Physics and Cosmology; Cambridge Monographs on Partic
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Atomic physics, nuclear physics; SCIENCE / Physics / Nuclear, Physics, Nuclear physics, Mathematical physics, Mathematics & science, Particle and high-energy physics