Quantum chromodynamics.
Contributors: Schramm, Stefan.; Stein, Eckart.
Edition: 2nd rev. and enlarged ed. / Walter Greiner, Stefan Schramm, Eckart Stein ; with a foreword by D.A. Bromley.
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Berlin; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 551
Subjects: Quantum chromodynamics.
Description: The book is a self-contained introduction to perturbative and nonperturbative quantum Chromodynamics (QCD) with worked-out exercises for students of theoretical physics. It will be useful as a reference for research scientists as well. Starting with the hadron spectrum, the reader becomes familiar with the representations of SU(N). Relativistic quantum field theory is recapitulated, and scattering theory is discussed in the framework of scalar quantum electrodynamics. Then the gauge theory of quarks and gluons is introduced. In the more advanced chapters, perturbative and nonperturbative techniques in state-of-the-art QCD are discussed in great detail. This completely revised and enlarged second edition will fill the gap in the literature.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.