Physics 450 -- Theoretical Physics of Particles and Fields
Particle Physics at the Large Hadron Collider
Physics 450 is a one-quarter course on QCD at high-energy
hadron colliders and the expectations for Standard Model physics
at the LHC. It was given by Michael Peskin
in the Fall 2006 and 2008 terms at Stanford University.
The textbook for the course is
QCD and Collider Physics,
by Keith Ellis, James Stirling, and Bryan Webber.
Other useful references are listed at the bottom of this page.
The course assumes basic familiarity with particle physics and
Feynman diagrams, and acquaintance with what Quantum Chromodynamics is.
The course does not assume detailed knowledge of
the parton model of
high-energy processes and the applications of QCD to parton
dynamics. Rather, these are the main subjects of the course.
General
Course Information for Physics 450
The lecture notes for Physics 450 are linked below.
A set of illustrations accompanies each lecture. These are given in
each line below as a separate pdf file.
Problem sets for Physics 450:
Literature references for Physics 450:
- Books
- Ellis, Stirling, and Webber,
QCD and Collider Physics, Cambridge University Press, 1996.
(Socrates
listing).
- Barger and Phillips, Collider
Physics, Addison-Wesley, 1987 (updated 1997).
(Socrates
listing).
- Field, Applications
of Perturbative QCD, Addison-Wesley, 1989.
(Socrates
listing).
- Sterman, An
Introduction to Quantum Field Theory, Cambridge University Press, 1993.
(Socrates
listing).
- Peskin and Schroeder, An Introduction to
Quantum Field Theory, Perseus, 1995.
(Socrates
listing).
- General reviews of hadron collider physics using QCD and the parton model:
- Eichten, Hinchliffe, Lane, and Quigg, "Supercollider Physics",
Rev. Mod. Phys. 56, 579 (1984).
- CTEQ Collaboration, "Handbook of Perturbative QCD",
Rev. Mod. Phys. 67, 157 (1995).
- Campbell, Huston, and Stirling, "Hard Interactions of Quarks
and Gluons: a Primer for LHC Physics",
Rep. Prog. Phys. 70,
89 (2007),
hep-ph/0611148.
- Mangano, "Introduction to
Hadronic Collisions: Theoretical Concepts and Practical Tools for
the LHC",
5 lectures, slides in pdf format.
- Durham archive of
parton distribution functions (with online graphical display of
fits to pdf's).
- Theoretical review articles on QCD
- Collins and Soper, "The Theorems of Perturbative QCD",
Ann. Rev. Nucl. Part. Sci. 37, 383 (1987).
- Mangano and Parke, "Multigluon Amplitudes in Gauge Theories",
Phys. Repts. 200, 301 (1991),
hep-th/0509223.
- Dixon, "Calculating Scattering Amplitudes Efficiently",
lectures at the 1995 TASI summer school,
hep-ph/9601359.
- Jets, Parton Showers, and Hadronization
- Webber, "Monte Carlo Simulation of Hard Hadronic Processes",
Ann. Rev. Nucl. Part. Sci. 36, 253 (1986).
- Mangano and Stelzer, "Tools for the Simulation of Hard Hadronic
Collisions",
Ann. Rev. Nucl. Part. Sci. 55, 555 (2005).
- S. Bethke, "Experimental Tests of Asymptotic Freedom",
Prog. Part. and Nucl.
Phys. 58, 351 (2007),
hep-ex/0606035.
- Phenomenology of W, Z, t, and Higgs at colliders
- Thurman-Keup, Kotwal, Tecchio, and Byon-Wagner, "W Boson Physics
at Hadron Colliders",
Rev. Mod. Phys.
73, 267 (2001).
- Chakraborty, Konigsberg, and Rainwater, "Top-Quark Physics",
Ann. Rev. Nucl. Part. Sci. 53, 301 (2003).
- Demina and Thomson, "Top Quark Properties and Interactions",
Ann. Rev. Nucl. Part. Sci. 58, 125 (2008).
- Carena and Haber, "Higgs Boson Theory and Phenomenology",
Prog. Part. Nucl. Phys. 50, 63 (2003),
hep-ph/0208209.
- Physics TDR's and Detector Descriptions
M. E. Peskin
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