Spin in Particle Physics
Spin in Particle Physics
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USDMotivated by recent dramatic developments in the field, this volume provides a thorough introduction to spin and its role in elementary particle physics. Starting with a simple pedagogical overview of spin and its relativistic generalization, the author successfully avoids the obscurity and impenetrability of traditional treatments of the subject. He surveys the main theoretical and experimental developments of recent years, as well as discussing exciting plans for the future. Emphasis is placed on the importance of spin-dependent measurements in testing QCD and the Standard Model. This book will be of value to graduate students and researchers in all areas of quantum physics, particularly in elementary particle and high energy physics. It is suitable as a supplementary text for graduate courses in theoretical and experimental particle physics.
- Covers exciting experiments
- Discusses both theory and experiment
- A thorough and pedagogical treatment of spin
Reviews & endorsements
"Leader's book offers a fine discussion of the concrete topic of spino.I am enthusiastic about this book. It is carefully and clearly written. Each of the three sections will be useful to a specific audience. The book as a whole should be in every university and research institution library." Physics Today
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February 2011Adobe eBook Reader
9780511874185
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132 b/w illus.
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Table of Contents
- Preface
- 1. Spin and helicity
- 2. The effect of Lorentz and discrete transformations on helicity states, fields and wave-functions
- 3. The spin density matrix
- 4. Transition amplitudes
- 5. The observables of a reaction
- 6. The production of polarized hadrons
- 7. The production of polarized e±
- 8. Analysis of polarized states: polarimetry
- 9. Electroweak interactions
- 10. Quantum chromodynamics: spin in the world of massless partons
- 11. The spin of the nucleon: polarized deep inelastic scattering
- 12. Two-spin and parity-violating single spin asymmetries at large scale
- 13. One particle inclusive transverse single-spin asymmetries
- 14. Elastic scattering at high energies
- Appendices.
