PHYSICS 590C
Introduction to quantum chromodynamics
Current Session: not offered
| 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. |
