Journal Club: The Physics of Quarks — Reading Material

  Schedule

Topic Material Date
Meson Spectroscopy and Glueballs Paper: High Statistics ...
Dalitz plots (coloured; black and white)

PhD Thesis on Dalitz Plots
WEB-Info on Crystal Barrel
17.10.2008
First Observation of the Top Quark Paper: First Observation (1995)

First Evidence (1994)
24.10.2008
The Structure of the Proton Paper: Highly Inelastice ep Scattering

Structure Functions ...
31.10.2008
First Evidence for Jet Production Paper: Evidence for Jet Structure ... 07.11.2008
Hadronization of Quarks Paper: Inclusive π, K and p differential cross-sections ...

Talk on Hadronization (from Hannes Jung)
Review on QCD (from Michael Schmelling)
The Lund String Model (B. Anderson et. al)
14.11.2008
Determination of Vud Paper: β-asymmetry A in neutron decays ...

Possible unitarity violation of CKM-Matrix ...
The CKM-Matrix (PDG Review)
Vud and CKM Unitarity (PDG Review)
21.11.1008
B-Quark Oszillations Paper: Bs Oszillations ...

Review on B-Oszillations
Argus Discovery Paper
28.11.2008
Signatures for Quark Gluon Plasma Paper: The Quest for the Quark Gluon Plasma

Review on QGP
05.12.2008
Searching for Exited Quarks Paper: Search for Excited Quarks ... 12.12.2008
CDF Multi Muon Events Paper: CDF Multi Muon Events ... 19.12.2008
Determination of Colour Factors Paper: Determination of αs and colour factors using 4-jets

Review on QCD (from Michael Schmelling)
09.01.2008
R-Hadrons and their Signature Paper: R-Hadrons and long lived particles at the LHC 16.01.2008
The Hadronic contribution to (g-2)μ Paper: The Hadronic contribution to (g-2)μ 22.01.2008

  Literature

The main emphasis of the Journal Club is on the provided papers and the given additional material. However, for further information many books on particle physics are available. A collection of some of the most popluar books is given in the list below.

        I.J.R.Aitchison, A.J.G.Hey: Gauge Theories in Particle Physics, Adam Hilger.
        C.Berger: Elementarteilchenphysik, Springer (in German).
        R.Cahn, G. Goldhaber: The Experimental Foundations of Particle Physics, Cambridge 1989.
        F.Halzen, A.Martin: Quarks and Leptons, John Wiley.
        D.Griffith: Introduction to Elementary Particles, John Wiley.
        E.Leader, E.Predazzi: An Introduction to Gauge Theories and Modern Particle Physics, Cambridge Mongraphs.
        O.Nachtmann: Elementarteilchenphysik - Phänomene und Konzepte, Vieweg (in German).
        D.H.Perkins: Introduction to High Energy Physics, Cambridge University Press.
        P.Renton: Introduction to the Physics of Quarks and Leptons,  Cambridge University Press.
        P.P.Roe: Particle Physics, Springer.
       
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