Banfi, Andrea,

Hadronic jets : an introduction / Andrea Banfi. - Second edition. - 1 online resource (various pagings) : illustrations (some color). - [IOP release $release] IOP ebooks. [2022 collection] . - IOP (Series). Release 22. IOP ebooks. 2022 collection. .

"Version: 20221201"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references.

1. Introduction -- 1.1. Basics of elementary particle physics 2. Jet algorithms -- 2.1. Cone or sequential algorithms? -- 2.2. Common issues with jet algorithms -- 2.3. Further jet clustering procedures 3. QCD for jet physics -- 3.1. Fixed-order QCD calculations -- 3.2. QCD at all orders -- 3.3. At the boundary of perturbative QCD 4. Jets as discovery tools -- 4.1. Optimising the jet radius -- 4.2. Boosted objects and jet substructure -- 4.3. Quark and gluon jets.

This second edition course text provides a general overview of jet physics by presenting the basic experimental and theoretical problems arising when dealing with jets, and describing the solutions proposed in recent years.

Undergraduate and graduate students studying particle/jet physics.




Mode of access: World Wide Web.
System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader, EPUB reader, or Kindle reader.


Prof. Andrea Banfi is a theoretical particle physicist, expert in the development of theoretical tools for the calculation of observables involving hadronic jets at high-energy colliders.

9780750347372 9780750347365

10.1088/978-0-7503-4737-2 doi


Particles (Nuclear physics)
Hadrons.
Particle & high-energy physics.
SCIENCE / Physics / Atomic & Molecular.

QC793.2 / .B365 2022eb

539.7216