This page is under construction.
The idea is collect useful pedagogical references in a single
location. If you have any suggestions for additions, please contact:
Fred Olness.
Written Reviews Available Electronically:
Handbook of Perturbative QCD
(See details below)
Perturbative QCD and the parton structure of the nucleon, (PDF 1.5M), by Wu-Ki Tung, (MSU)
Based on a contribution to At the frontier of particle physics|Handbook of QCD, vol. 2* 887-971, ed. M. Shifman, Pub. World Scienti¯c Publisher, Singapore, New York, 2001;
Partons, Factorization and Resummation, TASI95
By George Sterman (SUNY, Stony Brook). 82pp.
Lectures given at Theoretical Advanced Study Institute in Elementary Particle Physics (TASI 95): http://arXiv.org/abs/hep-ph/9606312
Textbooks:
QCD and Collider Physics
R. Keith Ellis, W. James Stirling, and Bryan R. Webber
Applications of Perturbative QCD (Frontiers in Physics, Vol. 77)
Richard D. Field
Perseus Books (Sd); (June 1989)
ISBN: 0201483629 / ASIN: 0201142953
unfortunately, the availability of this is limited; however it is an excellent book
Lecture Notes:
Introduction to the Parton Model and Perturbative QCD,
2003 CTEQ Summer School:
Wu-Ki Tung,
A NLO Calculation in pQCD of the Total Cross Section of pp-bar -> W+X
2002 CTEQ Summer School:
C.P. Yuan (PDF file 554K)
The Handbook of Perturbative QCD was published in Reviews of Modern Physics , Volume 67, Number 1, January 1995, (pp. 157-248).
Reviews of Modern Physics Reprint
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The listed price for one
copy of the Handbook is $10.50 US
Note, the published version is
available on-line in scanned format. The "preprint"
version is included below for completness:
Version 1.0 gzipped PostScript (717287 bytes) Best for printing. 2/28/00, almost the published version except for minor edits.
Version
1.0 PDF (Portable Document Format, not Parton Distribution
Function!, 1296170 bytes). Best for on-screen viewing.
2/28/00,
almost the published version except for minor edits
Calculational Techniques in Perturbative QCD: The Drell-Yan Process. Björn Pötter has prepared a writeup of the lecture given by Jack Smith. This is a wonderful reference for those learning to do real 1-loop calculations. Postscript and PDF
Light-cone Variables, Rapidity and All That, by John Collins. A pedagogical summary of the methods of light-cone variables, rapidity and pseudo-rapidity, with a demonstration of how these methods are useful in analyzing diffractive high-energy collisions.
Dimensional Regularlization Meets Freshman Physics. A short tutorial (slides only) by Fred Olness from the CTEQ Summer School.
What exactly is a parton density? hep-ph/0304122, John C. Collins
Hard Interactions of Quarks and Gluons: a Primer for LHC Physics", J. Campbell, J. Huston, W.J. Stirling
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Mathematica notebooks of FeynArts and FeynCalc sample calculations courtesy of Fred Olness.
Acronym dictionary courtesy of Randy Scalise.
The CTEQ List of Challenges in Perturbative QCD courtesy of Jeff Owens.
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Last modified: 13 May 2003