TASI lectures on collider physics

DOI10.1142/9789813233348_0002MaRDI QIDQ4689592zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Matthew D. Schwartz

Publication date 16 October 2018

Published in Anticipating the Next Discoveries in Particle Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1709.04533

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Introductory exposition (textbooks, tutorial papers, etc.) pertaining to quantum theory (81-01) Closed and approximate solutions to the Schrödinger, Dirac, Klein-Gordon and other equations of quantum mechanics (81Q05) Symmetry breaking in quantum theory (81R40) Inelastic and multichannel quantum scattering (81U35) Unified quantum theories (81V22) Nuclear physics (81V35)

Abstract: These lectures provide an introduction to the physics of particle colliders. Topics covered include a quantitative examination of the design and operational parameters of Large Hadron Collider, kinematics and observables at colliders, such as rapidity and transverse mass, and properties of distributions, such as Jacobian peaks. In addition, the lectures provide a practical introduction to the decay modes and signatures of important composite and elementary and particles in the Standard Model, from pions to the Higgs boson. The aim of these lectures is provide a bridge between theoretical and experimental particle physics. Whenever possible, results are derived using intuitive arguments and estimates rather than precision calculations.

Recommendations

• Introduction to collider physics
• Introduction to the LHC experiments
• Lectures on LHC physics
• Two Introductory Lectures on High-Energy QCD and Heavy-Ion Collisions
• Chapter 13: Production of electroweak bosons at hadron colliders: theoretical aspects

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• Introduction to collider physics
• Introduction to the LHC experiments

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