8.851 Strong Interactions, Spring 2003
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Stewart, Iain
Alternative Title
Strong Interactions
Date Issued
June 2003
Abstract
The strong force which bind quarks together is described by a relativistic quantum field theory called quantum chromodynamics (QCD). Subject surveys: The QCD Langrangian, asymptotic freedom and deep inelastic scattering, jets, the QCD vacuum, instantons and the U(1) problem, lattice guage theory, and other phases of QCD. From the course home page: Course Description Strong Interactions is a course in the construction and application of effective field theories, which are a modern tool of choice in making predictions based on the Standard Model. Concepts such as matching, renormalization, the operator product expansion, power counting, and running with the renormalization group will be discussed. Topics will be taken from heavy quark decays and CP violation, factorization in hard processes (deep inelastic scattering and exclusive processes), non-relativistic bound states in field theory (QED and QCD), chiral perturbation theory, few-nucleon systems, and possibly other Standard Model subjects.
Subjects
matching
renormalization
power counting
heavy quark decays
CP violation
chiral perturbation theory
few-nucleon systems
strong force
quarks
relativistic quantum field theory
quantum chromodynamics
QCD
QCD Langrangian
asymptotic freedom
deep inelastic scattering
jets
QCD vacuum
instantons
U(1) proglem
lattice gauge theory
strong interactions
standard model
operator product expansion
factorization
hard processes
exclusive processes
non-relativistic bound states
QED
massive particles
effective field theory
soft-collinear effective theory
Nuclear reactions
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics
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