Narison S. QCD as a Theory of Hadrons. From Partons to Confinement

Cambridge University Press, 2007. — 812 pp. — (Cambridge Monographs on Particle Physics, Nuclear Physics and Cosmology). — ISBN: 9780521811644 (Hardback) 9780521037310 (Paperback) 9780511184970 (eBook).Introducing the basic theory and recent advances in QCD, this book reviews the historical development of the subject up to the present day, covering aspects of strong interactions such as the quark and parton models, the notion of colors and the S-matrix approach. The author then discusses QCD and QED as gauge theories, renormalization procedures, QCD hard processes in hadron collisions, hadron jets, and the different non-perturbative aspects of QCD.A thorough and pedagogical introduction to the method of QCD spectral sum rules
Covers the historical development of the subject as well as the progress made
Author has excellent reputation in the fieldTable of ContentsGeneral Introduction:
A short flash on particle physics
The pre-QCD era
The QCD story
Field theory ingredients
QCD Gauge Theory:
Lagrangian and gauge invariance
Quantization using path integral
QCD and its global invariance
MS scheme for QCD and QED: Introduction
Dimensional regularization
The MS renormalization scheme
Renormalization of operators using the background field method
The renormalization group
Other renormalization schemes
MS scheme for QED
High-precision low-energy QED tests
Deep Inelastic Scattering at Hadron Colliders:
OPE for deep inelastic scattering
Unpolarized lepton-hadron scattering
The Altarelli-Parisi equation
More on unpolarized deep inelastic scatterings
Polarized deep-inelastic processes
Drell-Yan process
One 'prompt photon' inclusive production
Hard Processes in e+e– Collisions: Introduction
One hadron inclusive production
gg scatterings and the 'spin' of the photon
QCD jets
Total inclusive hadron productions
Summary of QCD Tests and as Measurements
Power Corrections in QCD:The SVZ expansion
Technologies for evaluating Wilson coefficients
Renormalons
Beyond the SVZ expansion
QCD Two-Point Functions:
References guide to original works
(Pseudo)scalar correlators
(Axial-)vector two-point functions
Tensor-quark correlator
Baryonic correlators
Four-quark correlators
Gluonia correlators
Hybrid correlators
Correlators in x-space
QCD Non-Perturbative Methods:Lattice gauge theory
Chiral perturbation theory
Models of the QCD effective action
Heavy quark effective theory
Potential approaches to quarkonia
On monopole and confinement
QCD Spectral Sum Rules:Theoretical foundations
Survey of QCD spectral sum rules
Weinberg and DMO sum rules
The QCD coupling as
The QCD condensates
Light and heavy quark masses, etc.
Hadron spectroscopy
D, B and Bc exclusive weak decays
B0(s)-B0(s) mixing, kaon CP violation
Thermal behaviour of QCD
More on spectral sum rules