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1 online resource. |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Cambridge monographs on particle physics, nuclear physics, and cosmology ; 34
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Cambridge monographs on particle physics, nuclear physics, and cosmology ; 34.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
One of few books to address both high-pT physics and relativistic heavy ion collisions. Essential handbook for graduates and researchers. |
| Contents |
Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Introduction and overview -- 1.1 Elementary particle physics -- 1.2 The fundamental constituents of matter and their interactions -- 1.3 A new paradigm for the structure of matter -- 1.4 The particle zoo -- 1.5 The first high pT physics, the search for the W boson -- 1.6 From Bjorken scaling to QCD to the QGP -- 1.7 Relativistic heavy ion collisions and the QGP -- 1.8 High energy physics and techniques in the RHI physicist's toolkit -- 2 Basic observables -- 2.1 Observables -- 2.2 Inclusive single particle reactions -- 2.3 Semi-inclusive reactions -- ET and multiplicity distributions -- 3 Some experimental techniques -- 3.1 Relation of observables to experimental techniques -- 3.2 Some details of experimental technique and analysis -- 3.3 Measurement of the momentum of a charged particle -- 3.4 Lorentz transformations, kinematics, spectra of decay products -- 3.5 Methods of direct single photon measurements -- 4 The search for structure -- 4.1 Rutherford scattering -- 4.2 Hofstadter -- measurement of radii of nuclei and the proton -- 4.3 DIS -- deeply inelastic electron scattering -- 4.4 Sum rules, Bjorken scaling and the parton model -- 5 Origins of high pT physics -- the search for the W boson -- 5.1 Why were some people studying "high pT " physics in the 1960s? -- 5.2 The absence of high pT single leptons leads to lepton pair measurements -- 5.3 The November revolution -- 6 Discovery of hard scattering in p-p collisions -- 6.1 Bjorken scaling and the parton model in p-p collisions -- 6.2 ISR data, notably CCR 1972-1973 -- 6.3 Constituent interchange model (CIM), 1972 -- 6.4 First prediction using "QCD" 1975 -WRONG! -- 6.5 Experimental improvements, theoretical improvements -- 6.6 State of the art at Fermilab 1977 -- but misleading! -- 7 Direct single lepton production and the discovery of charm. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Heavy ion collisions.
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Heavy ion collisions. |
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Quantum chromodynamics.
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Quantum chromodynamics. |
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Particles (Nuclear physics)
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Particles (Nuclear physics) |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic book.
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| Added Author |
Tannenbaum, Michael J.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Rak, Jan, 1962- High-pT physics in the heavy ion era 9780521190299 (DLC) 2012042710 |
| ISBN |
9781107341074 (electronic book) |
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1107341078 (electronic book) |
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1107344824 (electronic book) |
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9781107344822 (electronic book) |
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9780511675720 (electronic book) |
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0511675720 (electronic book) |
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9781299634695 (MyiLibrary) |
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1299634699 (MyiLibrary) |
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9781107356948 |
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1107356946 |
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9781107347328 (e-book) |
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1107347327 (e-book) |
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9780521190299 |
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0521190290 |
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