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Author Rak, Jan, 1962-

Title High pT physics in the heavy ion era / Jan Rak, University of Jyväskylä, Finland, Michael J. Tannenbaum, Brookhaven National Laboratory, New York
Published Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013

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Series Cambridge monographs on particle physics, nuclear physics, and cosmology ; 34
Cambridge monographs on particle physics, nuclear physics, and cosmology ; 34.
Contents Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Introduction and overview -- 1.1 Elementary particle physics -- 1.2 The fundamental constituents of matter and their interactions -- 1.3 A new paradigm for the structure of matter -- 1.4 The particle zoo -- 1.5 The first high pT physics, the search for the W boson -- 1.6 From Bjorken scaling to QCD to the QGP -- 1.7 Relativistic heavy ion collisions and the QGP -- 1.8 High energy physics and techniques in the RHI physicist's toolkit -- 2 Basic observables -- 2.1 Observables -- 2.2 Inclusive single particle reactions -- 2.3 Semi-inclusive reactions -- ET and multiplicity distributions -- 3 Some experimental techniques -- 3.1 Relation of observables to experimental techniques -- 3.2 Some details of experimental technique and analysis -- 3.3 Measurement of the momentum of a charged particle -- 3.4 Lorentz transformations, kinematics, spectra of decay products -- 3.5 Methods of direct single photon measurements -- 4 The search for structure -- 4.1 Rutherford scattering -- 4.2 Hofstadter -- measurement of radii of nuclei and the proton -- 4.3 DIS -- deeply inelastic electron scattering -- 4.4 Sum rules, Bjorken scaling and the parton model -- 5 Origins of high pT physics -- the search for the W boson -- 5.1 Why were some people studying "high pT " physics in the 1960s? -- 5.2 The absence of high pT single leptons leads to lepton pair measurements -- 5.3 The November revolution -- 6 Discovery of hard scattering in p-p collisions -- 6.1 Bjorken scaling and the parton model in p-p collisions -- 6.2 ISR data, notably CCR 1972-1973 -- 6.3 Constituent interchange model (CIM), 1972 -- 6.4 First prediction using "QCD" 1975 -WRONG! -- 6.5 Experimental improvements, theoretical improvements -- 6.6 State of the art at Fermilab 1977 -- but misleading! -- 7 Direct single lepton production and the discovery of charm
Summary One of few books to address both high-pT physics and relativistic heavy ion collisions. Essential handbook for graduates and researchers
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Heavy ion collisions.
Quantum chromodynamics.
Particles (Nuclear physics)
particle physics.
SCIENCE -- Physics -- Nuclear.
Heavy ion collisions
Particles (Nuclear physics)
Quantum chromodynamics
Form Electronic book
Author Tannenbaum, Michael J.
LC no. 2012042710
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