The Black Book of Quantum Chromodynamics — A Primer for the LHC Era

Description

This book provides an in-depth introduction to the particle physics of current and future experiments at particle accelerators. The book will provide the reader with an overview of practically all aspects of the strong interaction necessary to understand and appreciate modern particle phenomenology at the energy frontier.

• Landmark textbook on modern Quantum Chromodynamics
• Pedagogical style, based on lectures, written by practitioners in the field
• Detailed calculations and discussions of all aspects relevant for physics at hadron colliders such as the LHC
• Full of illustrative data
• Clear layout, detailed index, exhaustive references

About the Author(s)

John Campbell, Senior Scientist, Senior Scientist, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Joey Huston, MSU Foundation Professor of Physics and Astronomy, Department of Physics, Michigan State University, and Frank Krauss, Professor for Particle Physics, Department of Physics, Durham University

John Campbell is Senior Scientist at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory.

Joey Huston is MSU Foundation Professor of Physics and Astronomy in the Physics and Astronomy Department at Michigan State University.

Frank Krauss is Professor for Particle Physics at the Institute for Particle Physics Phenomenology and the Physics Department at Durham University.

Table of Contents

1:Introduction
2:Hard Scattering Formalism
3:QCD at Fixed Order: Technology
4:QCD at Fixed Order: Processes
5:QCD to All Orders
6: Parton Distribution Functions
7:Soft QCD
8:Data at the Tevatron
9:Data at the LHC
10:Summary
Appendix A: Mathematical Background
Appendix B: The Standard Model
Appendix C: Catani-Seymour Subtraction

Reviews

"The three authors are leading world experts in the field and have produced an authoritative and comprehensive text on the subject. There is a wealth of information for students of particle physics and for researchers in high energy physics which has never before been collected together in one place." - Alan D. Martin, Contemporary Physics

"A comprehensive overview of the physics of the strong interaction." - Virginia Greco, CERN Courier