Techniques and Concepts of High-Energy Physics (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Prosper, Harrison B.; Danilov, Michael

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute, St.Croix, Virgin Islands, USA, 15-26 June 2000

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer Netherlands
• Seitenzahl: 411
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Dezember 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9789401005227
• Artikelnr.: 43985894

Inhaltsangabe

1 The Standard Model: 30 Years of Glory.- 1.1 Introduction.- 1.2 QCD.- 1.3 Weak interaction and quark and lepton families.- 1.4 LEP and SLC: The ideal machines for Standard Model studies.- 1.5 Conclusion.- 2 Bremsstrahlung.- 2.1 Introduction.- 2.2 Small coupling, large logarithms and evolution.- 2.3 Bremsstrahlung, coherence, conservation of current.- 2.4 Back to QCD 80.- 3 Baryon Asymmetry of the Universe.- 3.1 Introduction.- 3.2 Non-conservation of baryon number.- 3.3 Hot Big Bang.- 3.4 Grand unified baryogenesis.- 3.5 Leptogenesis.- 3.6 Electroweak baryogenesis.- 3.7 Conclusions.- 4 Introduction to Superstring Theory.- 4.1 Introduction.- 4.2 Lecture 1: Overview and Motivation.- 4.3 Lecture 2: String Theory Basics.- 4.4 Lecture 3: Superstrings.- 4.5 Lecture 4: From Super strings to M Theory.- 5 Neutrino Mass and Oscillations.- 5.1 Introduction.- 5.2 Neutrinos in the Standard Model.- 5.3 Direct Measurements of Neutrino Mass.- 5.4 Motivating Neutrino Mass and Sterile Neutrinos in the Theory.- 5.5 Neutrino Oscillation Formalism.- 5.6 Experimental Signals for Oscillations.- 5.7 Experiments Which Set Limits on Oscillations.- 5.8 Theoretical Interpretation of the Data.- 5.9 The Future (Near and Far).- 5.10 Conclusions.- 6 New Developments in Charged Particle Tracking.- 6.1 Introduction.- 6.2 Experimental Environment - New Challenges.- 6.3 Charged Particle Tracking with Gaseous Detectors.- 6.4 Charged Particle Tracking with Semiconductor Detectors.- 6.5 Radiation Damage Issues - (a) Gaseous Detectors.- 6.6 Radiation Damage Issues - (b) Silicon Detectors.- 6.7 New Tracking Systems - Selected Example.- 6.8 Summary.- 7 Issues in Calorimetry.- 7.1 Introduction.- 7.2 Physics of electromagnetic showers.- 7.3 Energy resolution of electromagnetic calorimeters.- 7.4 Physics of hadronic showers.- 7.5 Energy resolution of hadronic calorimeters.- 7.6 Calorimeter performance requirements.- 7.7 Main calorimeter techniques.- 7.8 Calorimeter calibration.- 7.9 Calorimeter integration in an experiment.- 7.10 Conclusions.- 8 An Update on the Properties of the Top Quark.- 8.1 Introduction.- 8.2 More on mass and cross section.- 8.3 Search for decay of top into a charged Higgs.- 8.4 Helicity of the W and spin correlations in top decays.- 8.5 Conclusion.- 9 Accelerator Physics and Circular Colliders.- 9.1 Accelerator Physics Concepts.- 9.2 Present Day Circular Colliders.- 9.3 Future Circular Colliders.- 10 Workshop on Confidence Limits.- 10.1 Introduction.- 10.2 Goal of Workshop.- 10.3 Main Issues.- 10.4 Conclusions.- Participants.