Deep Inelastic Scattering FROM THE PUBLISHER
This book is an up-to-date, self-contained account of deep inelastic scattering in high-energy physics. Intended for graduate students and physicists new to the subject, it covers the classic results which led to the quark-parton model of hadrons and the establishment of quantum chromodynamics as the theory of the strong nuclear force, in addition to new vistas in the subject opened up by the electron-proton collider HERA. The extraction of parton momentum distribution functions, a key input for physics at hadron colliders such as the Tevatron and Large Hadron Collider, is described in detail. The challenges of the HERA data at 'Low x' are described and possible explanations in terms of gluon dynamics and other models outlined.
SYNOPSIS
Introducing deep inelastic scattering in high energy particle physics, Devenish and Cooper-Sarkar (both of the Department of Physics, U. of Oxford, UK) update the overview of the topic provided in Roberts' The Structure of the Proton (CUP 1990), but from a more experimental perspective and with particular reference to nucleon structure. After covering the theoretical formalism and experimental technique of the field, hey examine the extraction of parton momentum distributions and the extension of the measurements and the formalism to very low values of parton momentum. They also present the formalism that will be required to analyze the high luminosity, high momentum transfer data from the HERA-II ep collider and discuss the prospects for electroweak physics at large momentum transfer. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
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