Physics for a New Generation
Springer Berlin (Verlag)
978-3-642-75569-9 (ISBN)
Phenomenology of and Beyond the Standard Electroweak Model.- 1. The Standard Model (H. Pietschmann).- 1.1 Introduction.- 1.2 Defining the Standard Model.- 1.3 Testing the Standard Model.- 1.4 Predictions.- 1.5 Open Questions.- 1.6 Hypotheses.- 1.7 Conclusion.- 2. Beyond the Standard Model: Supersymmetry (A. Bartl).- 2.1 Supersymmetric Extension of the Standard Model.- 2.2 Production and Decay of Supersymmetric Particles.- 3. Beyond the Standard Model: Composite Models (H. Stremnitzer).- 3.1 Introduction.- 3.2 The Size of Composite Quarks.- 3.3 Quantum Preon Dynamics.- 3.4 Other Features of Composite Models.- References.- Physics at LEP.- 1. Introduction.- 2. LEP Machine.- 2.1 LEP Parameters.- 2.2 Injection System.- 2.3 Luminosity.- 2.4 Status of LEP. Tests and Plans for the Commissioning.- 2.5 Up-grading of LEP.- 3. LEP Detectors.- 4. Physics of the Z0.- 4.1 Z0 Parameters in the Standard Model.- 4.1.1 Branching Ratios. Total Width.- 4.1.2 Z0 Line Shape.- 4.2 Radiative Corrections to the Z0 Mass and Width.- 4.2.1 QED Corrections.- 4.2.2 Weak Corrections.- 4.2.2.1 The On-Mass-Shell Definition of sin2? w.- 4.2.2.2 Introduction of an Effective Weak Angle.- 4.2.3 Hadronic Decays and QCD Corrections.- 4.2.4 Summary of the Radiative Corrections.- 4.3 Strategy to Determine the Z-Parameters from the Line Shape.- 4.4 Asymmetries at the Z0 Peak.- 4.4.1 Definition of Asymmetries.- 4.4.2 AFB and ALRfor Leptons in the Final State.- 4.4.3 Asymmetries for Heavy Quarks.- 4.4.4 Polarization Asymmetry for Tau Decays.- 4.5 Neutrino Counting.- 4.5.1 Neutrino Counting from the Z-Width.- 4.5.2 Radiative Neutrino Counting.- 5. QCD Tests.- 5.1 Cross Section, Thrust, Oblateness and Sphericity.- 5.2 Fragmentation Models.- 5.3 Test of the Non-Abelian Character of QCD.- 6. Search for Supersymmetric Particles.- 6.1 General Remarks.- 6.2 Experimental Searches for Supersymmetric Particles.- 6.2.1 Wino Pair Production.- 6.2.2 Associated Zino-Photino Production.- 6.2.3 Three-Body Final States.- 6.3 Conclusions.- 7. Search for Higgs Particles.- 7.1 General Properties of the Higgs.- 7.1.1 The Standard Model Higgs.- 7.1.1.1 Higgs Decay into Fermions.- 7.1.1.2 Higgs Decay into Bosons.- 7.1.2 The Supersymmetric Higgses.- 7.2 Higgs Search at the Z0 Peak (LEP 100).- 7.2.1 Search for the Standard Model Higgs.- 7.2.2 Search for the SUSY Higgs.- 7.3 Higgs Search at LEP 200.- 7.3.1 Higgs Search Below the WW Threshold (at 160 GeV).- 7.3.2 Higgs Search Above the WW Threshold (at 200 GeV).- 7.4 Higgs from Toponium Decay.- 7.5 Search for Charged Higgses.- 7.6 Light Higgses.- 8. Miscellaneous Topics.- 8.1 Top Search.- 8.2 B-Physics at LEP.- 8.3 Other New Particles.- References.- The HERA Project.- 1. Introduction.- 2. The Machine.- 2.1 Superconducting Magnets.- 2.2 Interaction Region and Spin Rotator.- 3. HERA Physics.- 3.1 Deep Ineleastic Scattering.- 3.1.1 The Standard Prejudice.- 3.1.2 Tests of the Standard Model at HERA.- 3.1.3 Speculations.- 3.2 Particle Production.- 3.2.1 New Particles.- 3.2.2 Heavy Quark Production.- 3.3 W-Production.- 4. Detection Facilities.- 4.1 General Requirements.- 4.2 The HI-Detector.- 4.3 The ZEUS Detector.- 5. Status.- Acknowledgement.- References.- Physics in pp? Collisions.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Production and Decay of IVBs.- 2.1 IVB Masses and Standard Model Parameters.- 2.2 IVB Production Cross-Sections and e-?-? Universality.- 2.3 IVB Transverse-Momentum Distribution.- 2.4 Measurement of ?s Using W + Jet Data.- 2.5 Number of Light Neutrino Species.- 2.6 Outlook.- 3. Heavy-Flavour Production.- 3.1 Inclusive b-Quark Production.- 3.2 B0-B?0 Oscillations.- 4. Search for Heavy Quarks (t, b?).- 4.1 Outlook.- 5. Searches for New Physics.- 5.1 Search for Heavy Leptons and the Number of Neutrino Species.- 5.2 Searches for Supersymmetric Particles.- 5.3 Searches for Additional Vector Bosons.- 5.4 Axigluon Search.- 5.5 Quark Substructure.- 5.6 Outlook.- 6. Conclusions.- References.- Weak Mixing, CP Violation and the Standard Model.- 1. Weak Mixing of Quarks.- 1.1 Kobayashi-Maskawa Matrix.- 1.2 Experimental Constraints on the KM Matrix.- 1.2.1 Light Quark Couplings.- 1.2.2 Charm-Quark Couplings.- 1.2.3 Bottom-Quark Couplings.- 1.3 Allowed Ranges of Mixing Angles for 3 or 4 Generations.- 2. CP Violation.- 2.1 Phenomenology and Models.- 2.2 New Experiments on ??/?.- 3. Implications of Experimental Results on the Standard Model Parameters.- 4. Beyond the Standard Model: Searches for Rare Kaon Decays.- 5. Conclusions - Outlook.- References.- Recent Developments in Perturbative QCD.- 1. Introduction.- 2. General Properties of Perturbative QCD.- 2.1 On the Validity of the Perturbative Description.- 2.2 Theorems of Perturbative QCD.- 2.3 Renormalization.- 2.3.1 Lagrangian.- 2.3.2 Renormalization Factors.- 2.3.3 Comment on the Axial Gauge.- 2.3.4 The Running Coupling Constant.- 2.3.5 The Renormalization Group Equations.- 2.4 The Total Cross Section of e+e? Annihilation into Hadrons.- 2.4.1 Perturbative Expansion to Order ?s3.- 2.4.2 Measurement of R at the Z-Pole.- 3. Deep Inelastic Scattering.- 3.1 Structure Functions and Cross Sections.- 3.2 Phenomenology of the Parton Density Functions.- 3.3 Spin-Dependent Structure Functions.- 3.3.1 The Puzzling EMC Data.- 3.3.2 Large ?s Versus Large ?G.- 3.3.3 The Contribution of the Axial Anomaly.- 3.3.4 Parametrization and Measurement of the Spin-Dependent.- 4. Large Transverse Momentum Reactions in Hadron-Hadron Collisions.- 4.1 ?*-, W- and Z-Production.- 4.1.1 Factorization Theorem for the Drell-Yan Process.- 4.1.2 Total Cross Sections and p?-Distribution.- 4.1.3 Gauge Boson Production in Association with Multi-jets.- 4.2 Heavy Quark Production.- 4.2.1 On the Validity of the Factorization Theorem.- 4.2.2 Cross Section Formulae.- 4.2.3 Phenomenology of Heavy Quark Production.- 5. Jet Production at Next-to-Leading Order.- 5.1 Jet Production in e+e? Annihilation.- 5.1.1 QCD and the Monte Carlo Approach.- 5.1.2 Thrust Distributions.- 5.1.3 Jet Cluster Distributions.- 5.1.4 Inclusive Jet Production.- 5.2 Jet Production in Hadron-Hadron Collisions.- 5.2.1 Partonic Versus Hadronic Jet Cross Sections.- 5.2.2 The Cross Section of Inclusive Jet Production.- References.
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 24.11.2011 |
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Zusatzinfo | XI, 306 p. |
Verlagsort | Berlin |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 170 x 242 mm |
Gewicht | 556 g |
Themenwelt | Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Atom- / Kern- / Molekularphysik |
Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Hochenergiephysik / Teilchenphysik | |
Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Quantenphysik | |
Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Theoretische Physik | |
Schlagworte | Elementary Particle Physics • Particle physics • standard model • Supersymmetry |
ISBN-10 | 3-642-75569-0 / 3642755690 |
ISBN-13 | 978-3-642-75569-9 / 9783642755699 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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