High Pt Physics at Hadron Colliders
High <I>P</I>t Physics at Hadron Colliders
$185.00
USDThis book provides a comprehensive introduction to high transverse momentum reactions at hadron (proton-proton or proton-antiproton) colliders. It begins by introducing the Standard Model of high energy physics and describes the specialized detectors used. It then gives a general treatment of the reactions to be studied and summarizes the state of hadron collider physics, defined by Tevatron results. The experimental program at the detectors being built for the Large Hadron Collider at CERN is described, with details of the search program and the general strategy to find the postulated Higgs particle. Speculations of physics beyond the Standard Model are also discussed. This book is suitable for graduate students and researchers in high energy physics. It incorporates a shareware program that enables the reader to reproduce many of the examples and exercises given in the text, and go beyond the scope of text into open-ended study.
- Graduate-level book solely concerned with experiments using high energy colliders of hadrons
- The references guide the reader to useful web-based preprints and review articles
- Discusses physics beyond the Standard Model
Product details
December 2004Hardback
9780521835091
272 pages
255 × 182 × 26 mm
0.637kg
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Table of Contents
- Introduction
- 1. The Standard Model and electroweak symmetry breaking
- 2. Detector basics
- 3. Collider physics
- 4. Tevatron physics
- 5. Higgs search strategy
- 6. SUSY and open questions in HEP
- Appendix A. The Standard Model
- Appendix B. A worked example in COMPHEP
- Appendix C. Kinematics
- Appendix D. Running couplings
- Index.
