402-0851-00L QCD: Theory and Experiment
Semester | Herbstsemester 2016 |
Dozierende | G. Dissertori, Uni-Dozierende |
Periodizität | 2-jährlich wiederkehrende Veranstaltung |
Lehrsprache | Englisch |
Kurzbeschreibung | An introduction to the theoretical aspects and experimental tests of QCD, with emphasis on perturbative QCD and related experiments at colliders. |
Lernziel | Knowledge acquired on basics of perturbative QCD, both of theoretical and experimental nature. Ability to perform simple calculations of perturbative QCD, as well as to understand modern publications on theoretical and experimental aspects of perturbative QCD. |
Inhalt | QCD Lagrangian and Feynman Rules QCD running coupling Parton model Altarelli-Parisi equations Basic processes Experimental tests at lepton and hadron colliders Measurements of the strong coupling constant |
Literatur | 1) G. Dissertori, I. Knowles, M. Schmelling : "Quantum Chromodynamics: High Energy Experiments and Theory" (The International Series of Monographs on Physics, 115, Oxford University Press) 2) R. K. Ellis, W. J. Stirling, B. R. Webber : "QCD and Collider Physics" (Cambridge Monographs on Particle Physics, Nuclear Physics & Cosmology)" |
Voraussetzungen / Besonderes | Will be given as block course, language: English. For students of both ETH and University of Zurich. |