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.
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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.