Physics and Astronomy - Course Details

PHYS590C: Introduction to quantum chromodynamics (now PHYS566) (PAST/FUTURE SEMESTER)

Offering:
Spring, Credits 3

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Description:
This course gives an introduction into quantum chromodynamics (QCD), the theory of the strong interaction. Topics discussed include non-Abelian gauge symmetry, perturbation theory, asymptotic freedom (the discovery awarded in 2004 by the Nobel prize), renormalization group equations, and chiral symmetry breaking. Important high-energy collider physics applications will also be presented, such as jet production in nucleon-nucleon and nucleus-nucleus collisions, and the behavior of quark and gluon distributions in the proton and nuclei.

The course is aimed at graduate students. Knowledge of quantum mechanics and electrodynamics is required. The relevant quantum field theory concepts and techniques will be introduced during the course, and an overview of quantum electrodynamics will be included as well.

Instructor(s):
MOLNAR, DENES

Email:
molnar@purdue.edu

Textbook(s) for Spring 2009

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