Binoth / Buttar / Clark LHC Physics

Erscheinungsjahr 2012
ISBN: 978-1-4398-3771-9
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 413 Seiten

Reihe: Scottish Graduate Series

Exploring the phenomenology of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN, LHC Physics focuses on the first years of data collected at the LHC as well as the experimental and theoretical tools involved. It discusses a broad spectrum of experimental and theoretical activity in particle physics, from the searches for the Higgs boson and physics beyond the Standard Model to studies of quantum chromodynamics, the B-physics sector, and the properties of dense hadronic matter in heavy-ion collisions.

Covering the topics in a pedagogical manner, the book introduces the theoretical and phenomenological framework of hadron collisions and presents the current theoretical models of frontier physics. It offers overviews of the main detector components, the initial calibration procedures, and search strategies. The authors also provide explicit examples of physics analyses drawn from the recently shut down Tevatron.

In the coming years, or perhaps even sooner, the LHC experiments may reveal the Higgs boson and offer insight beyond the Standard Model. Written by some of the most prominent and active researchers in particle physics, this volume equips new physicists with the theory and tools needed to understand the various LHC experiments and prepares them to make future contributions to the field.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate students and researchers in particle physics.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Binoth, T.

Buttar, C.

Clark, P. J.

Glover, E.W.N.

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Physik Quantenphysik Kernphysik
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Quantenphysik Teilchenphysik
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Quantenphysik Hochenergiephysik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS
Perturbative QCD and the Parton Model, Keith Ellis
Higgs and Electroweak Physics, Sven Heinemeyer
B Physics in the LHC Era, Gino Isidori
BSM Phenomenology, John Ellis

THE LARGE HADRON COLLIDER
The LHC Accelerator: Performance and Technology Challenges, Philippe Lebrun
LHC Detectors and Early Physics, Günther Dissertori
Forward Physics, Albert De Roeck
Heavy-Ion Physics, Raimond Snellings
New Physics Searches, Gustaaf Brooijmans

TOOLS
Monte Carlo Tools, Törbjorn Sjostrand
Topics in Statistical Data Analysis for HEP, Glen Cowan
Grid Computing, Philippe Charpentier

Über Autor(innen)

T. Binoth was a reader in theoretical particle physics at the University of Edinburgh.
C. Buttar is a reader in experimental particle physics at the University of Glasgow. He also works on the ATLAS experiment at CERN.
P.J. Clark is a reader in experimental particle physics at the University of Edinburgh. He also works on the ATLAS experiment at CERN.
E.W.N. Glover is a professor in theoretical physics and former director of the Institute for Particle Physics Phenomenology at the University of Durham.