Quantum Chromodynamics and the Pomeron

Erscheinungsjahr 2004
ISBN: 978-0-521-56880-7
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, Band 9, 264 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 440 g

Reihe: Cambridge Lecture Notes in Physics

This volume describes the Pomeron, an object of crucial importance in very high energy particle physics. The book starts with a general description of the Pomeron within the framework of Regge theory. The emergence of the Pomeron within scalar field theory is discussed next, providing a natural foundation on which to develop the more realistic case of QCD. The reggeization of the gluon is demonstrated and used to build the Pomeron of perturbative QCD. The dynamical nature of the Pomeron is then investigated. The role of the Pomeron in small-x deep inelastic scattering and in diffractive scattering is also examined in detail. The volume concludes with a study of the colour dipole approach to high energy scattering and the explicit role of unitarity corrections. This book will be of interest to theoretical and experimental particle physicists, and applied mathematicians.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Forshaw, J. R.

Ross, D. A.

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Physik Quantenphysik Atom- und Molekülphysik
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Quantenphysik Hochenergiephysik
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Quantenphysik Radioaktivität
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Quantenphysik Teilchenphysik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface; 1. What is a Pomeron?; 2. A simple example; 3. The reggeized gluon; 4. The QCD Pomeron; 5. From cuts to poles; 6. Applications in deep inelastic scattering; 7. Diffraction; 8. Taming the growth; Appendices; References; Index.