Colourful Loops: Introduction to Quantum Chromodynamics and Loop Calculations
Contents (preliminary)
- QCD Lagrangian, Feynman Rules
- Colour Algebra
- Tree level amplitudes
- From amplitudes to cross sections
- Renormalisation Group and the QCD Beta Function
- Next-to-Leading Order in perturbation theory
- One-Loop Integrals
- Soft and Collinear Singularities
- Parton Distribution Functions
- Techniques for Two-Loop Amplitudes and Integrals
Literature
Textbooks
- G. Dissertori, I. Knowles, M. Schmelling, “Quantum Chromodynamics: High energy experiments and theory”, International Series of Monographs on Physics No. 115, Oxford University Press, Feb. 2003. Reprinted in 2005.
- T. Muta, “Foundations of QCD”, World Scientific (1997).
- J. Campbell, J. Huston and F. Krauss, “The Black Book of Quantum Chromodynamics: A Primer for the LHC Era”, Oxford University Press, December 2017.
- R.K. Ellis, W.J. Stirling and B.R. Webber, “QCD and collider physics”, Cambridge University Press, Camb. Monogr. Part. Phys. Nucl. Phys. Cosmol. 8 (1996) 1.
- V.A.Smirnov, “Feynman integral calculus”, Springer, Berlin 2006.
Lecture Notes
Organisatorisches
Die Vorlesung beginnt am 5.5.2020
Vorlesung
- Di, 11:30 - 13:00, online (ILIAS)
Übung
- Do, 08:45 - 09:30, online (ILIAS)
Team
Prof. Gudrun Heinrich
Institut für Theoretische Physik (ITP)
Campus Süd, Geb. 30.23
Wolfgang-Gaede-Strasse 1
76131 Karlsruhe
E-Mail: gudrun.heinrich@kit.edu
Dr. Tomas Jezo
Institut für Theoretische Physik (ITP)
Campus Süd, Geb. 30.23
Wolfgang-Gaede-Strasse 1
76131 Karlsruhe
E-Mail: tomas.jezo@kit.edu