Computing particle properties
Subtitle: proceedings of the 36. Internationale Universitätswochen für Kern- und Teilchenphysik, Schladming, Austria, March 1-8, 1997
By: Helmut Gausterer, C.B. Lang, eds.
Contributors: Gausterer, H.; Lang, C. B. 1948-; Internationale Universitätswochen für Kern- und Teilchenphysik (36th : 1997 : Schladming, Austria)
Series: Lecture notes in physics,; 512
Publisher: Springer
Published: 1998
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 335
Subjects: Particles (Nuclear physics) -- Congresses.; Quantum chromodynamics -- Congresses.
Description: These lectures are intended for graduate students and researchers studying methods for the prediction of properties of elementary particles. Today's theory does not allow ab initio computation of all properties of particles like leptons and quarks. However, the understanding of the standard model, and in particular of QCD, has reached a state where many features can be computed from the theory with little further input, at least to some approximation. A summary of the state of the art for these quantities is also given from the phenomenological point of view.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.