Heavy Quark Physics (Cambridge Monographs on Particle Physics, Nuclear Physics and Cosmology, Series Number 10) - Softcover

Manohar, Aneesh V.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521037573 ISBN 13: 9780521037570

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2007

Synopsis

Understanding the physics of heavy quarks gives physicists the unique opportunity to test the predictions of Quantum Chromodynamics and the Standard Model. Heavy Quark Physics provides an exciting introduction to this new area of high energy physics. Two leading experts in the field review the standard model, the basics of heavy quark spin-flavor symmetry, and detail how it can be applied to the classification of states, decays and fragmentation. The heavy quark effective theory is developed, including the radiative and 1/mQ corrections, and applied to the study of hadron masses, form factors, and inclusive decay rates. The authors also discuss the application of chiral perturbation theory to heavy hadrons. To aid the reader, many of the key calculations are performed step by step, and problems are provided at the end of each chapter. This lucid volume provides graduate students with an ideal introduction to the physics of heavy quarks, and more experienced researchers with an authoritative reference to the subject.

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Book Description

Understanding the physics of heavy quarks gives physicists the unique opportunity to test the predictions of Quantum Chromodynamics (the theory describing the behavior of quarks) and the Standard Model (which unites the theories of the electromagnetic and weak interactions). This is the first introductory text to this exciting new area of high energy physics. Written by two world leaders, the presentation is clear, original and thoroughly modern. To aid the reader, many of the key calculations are performed step by step, and problems are provided at the end of each chapter. This lucid volume provides graduate students with an ideal introduction to the physics of heavy quarks, and more experienced researchers with an authoritative reference to the subject.

Review

"...a detailed and well-thought-out presentation by two world-renowned experts...a wonderful text for graduate students in particle and nuclear physics who are interested in learning the tools of heavy quark physics from two of the experts in the field. This book is a must for both particle theorists and experimentalists who are currently researching heavy quark systems." Physics Today

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521037573
• ISBN 13: 9780521037570
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 204