The Lund Model

Bo Andersson author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:7th Jul '05

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This 1998 book describes the very successful Lund model of the dynamics of particle physics.

The Lund model has provided a very promising approach to the dynamics of quark and gluon interactions. This 1998 book covers theory and experiment in the dynamics of the massless relativistic string, confinement, causality and relativistic covariance, Lund fragmentation processes, QED and QCD Bremsstrahlung, multiplicities and particle-parton distributions.The Lund model, inspired by quantum chromodynamics, has provided a very promising approach to the dynamics of quark and gluon interactions. Starting with a brief reprise of basic concepts in relativity, quantum mechanics of fields and particle physics, this 1998 book discusses: the dynamics of the massless relativistic string; confinement; causality and relativistic covariance; Lund fragmentation processes; QED and QCD Bremsstrahlung; multiplicities and particle-parton distributions. Throughout the book, theory is confronted with current experimental data, and implications for future experiments are also considered. The book also explores the relationships between the Lund model and other models based on field theory (the Schwinger model, S-matrix models, light-cone algebra physics and variations of the parton model), and models based on statistical mechanics (the Feynman-Wilson gas, scaling, iterative cascade models).

'The monograph is well written and contains many physical insights. It is an authoritative source of information on models, originating in Lund, which form the basis of Monte Carlo programmes that are widely used in the analysis of data in the collisions of high energy particles. It will be of value to experimental and theoretical particle physicists alike.' A. D. Martin, Contemporary Physics
'… a fine reference work which every decent science library should have.' Brian L. Burrows, Zentralblatt MATH

ISBN: 9780521017343

Dimensions: 258mm x 177mm x 29mm

Weight: 947g

484 pages