Quantum Chromodynamics and the Pomeron
Quantum Chromodynamics and the Pomeron
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USDThis volume describes the Pomeron, an object of crucial importance in very high energy particle physics. The first chapter looks at historical roots, setting the scene for subsequent chapters, which focus on the derivation and study of the Pomeron that emerge within perturbative Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD). A simple toy model is first used to illustrate the basic ideas behind the construction of the Pomeron and leads naturally to the more realistic case of QCD. The reggeized gluon is introduced and used to build the Pomeron of perturbative QCD. The dynamical nature of the Pomeron is then investigated. The role of the Pomeron in small-x deep inelastic scattering and in diffractive scattering is examined in detail. The volume concludes with a discussion of the color dipole approach to high energy scattering and the explicit role of unitarity corrections.
- First book on the physics of the Pomeron, fills a gaping hole in the literature
- Clear pedagogic approach
- Authors highly regarded for their work in this area; up-to-date with both theory and experiment
Reviews & endorsements
"...this book fills a void by offering a readable introduction that would be suitable as a jumping-off point for a high-energy theory student interested in entering this lively field of research. It may also be useful to interested researchers in other subfields of high-energy physics and to experimentalist graduate students." Carl R. Schmidt, Physics Today
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January 2011Adobe eBook Reader
9780511893261
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79 b/w illus.
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Table of Contents
- Preface
- 1. What is a Pomeron?
- 2. A simple example
- 3. The reggeized gluon
- 4. The QCD Pomeron
- 5. From cuts to poles
- 6. Applications in deep inelastic scattering
- 7. Diffraction
- 8. Taming the growth
- Appendices
- References
- Index.
