Quantum Chromodynamics von Walter Greiner | ISBN 9783662047071

Quantum Chromodynamics

von Walter Greiner, Stefan Schramm und Eckart Stein
Mitwirkende
Autor / AutorinWalter Greiner
Einführung vonD.A. Bromley
Autor / AutorinStefan Schramm
Autor / AutorinEckart Stein
Buchcover Quantum Chromodynamics | Walter Greiner | EAN 9783662047071 | ISBN 3-662-04707-1 | ISBN 978-3-662-04707-1

From the reviews of the second edition:

„This is the second edition of the very successful book on quantum chromodynamics (QCD), which is part of an extensive series of textbooks by Greiner and co-authors. … The second edition is clearly an advance on the first and continues to be a very useful advanced textbook.“ (C. A Hurst, Mathematical Reviews, 2003 k)

„This book is a thorough introduction to the perturbative and nonperturbative Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD) for advanced level graduate students in theoretical physics and scientists in high energy physics. It contains many worked-out exercises … . In conclusion, this book constitutes an excellent theoretical reference book, reflecting very well the present situation and problems in the field … .“ (Laurent Favart, Physicalia, Vol. 25 (4), 2003)

From the reviews of the third edition:

„The book is well structured and delivers a self-contained introduction to quantum chromodynamics (QCD), while supplying the reader with ample information and references on how to enlarge his or her knowledge on specific topics. … Overall, the book exhibits all the hallmarks that make this series of textbooks so valuable to students and scientists … . The step-by-step exercises supply the reader with a most helpful tool to understand how to approach and devise a solution of a given problem in QCD.“ (Serban Misicu, Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 1147, 2008)

Quantum Chromodynamics

von Walter Greiner, Stefan Schramm und Eckart Stein
Mitwirkende
Autor / AutorinWalter Greiner
Einführung vonD.A. Bromley
Autor / AutorinStefan Schramm
Autor / AutorinEckart Stein
The theory of strong interactions, quantum chromodynamics (QCD), was for mulated 30 years ago and has since been a very active field of research. The underlying equations of motion for the gauge degrees of freedom are nonlin ear and minimally coupled to fermions with global and local SU(3) charges. This leads to spectacular problems compared with those of QED since the gauge bosons themselves interact with each other. On the other hand, it is exactly the self-interaction of the gluons which leads to asymptotic freedom and the pos sibility to calcuate quark-gluon interaction at small distances in the framework of perturbation theory. We discover one of the most complicated but most beau tiful gauge theories which poses extremely challenging problems on modem theoretical and experimental physics today. Quantum chromodynamics is the quantum field theory that allows us to cal culate the propagation and interaction of colored quarks and gluons at small distances. Today's experiments do not allow these colored objects to be detected directly; instead one deals with colorless hadrons: mesons and baryons seen far away from the actual interaction point. The hadronization itself is a complicated process and not yet understood from first principles. Therefore one may won der how the signature of quark and gluon interactions can be traced through the process of hadronization.