Electron Scattering for Nuclear and Nucleon Structure

✍ Scribed by Walecka J.D.

• Publisher: CUP
• Year: 2001
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 379
• Series: Cambridge Monographs on Particle Physics, Nuclear Physics and Cosmology
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book examines the motivation for electron scattering and develops the theoretical analysis of the process. It discusses our current theoretical understanding of the underlying structure of nuclei and nucleons at appropriate levels of resolution and sophistication, and summarizes present experimental electron scattering capabilities. Only a working knowledge of quantum mechanics and special relativity is assumed, making this a suitable textbook for graduate and advanced undergraduate courses.

✦ Table of Contents

Half-title......Page 3
Series-title......Page 5
Title......Page 7
Copyright......Page 8
Contents......Page 9
Preface......Page 11
Part 1 Introduction......Page 17
1 Motivation......Page 19
2 Pictures of the nucleus......Page 22
3 Some optics......Page 25
4 Why electron scattering?......Page 30
5 Target response surfaces......Page 35
6 Why coincidence experiments?......Page 39
7 Units and conventions......Page 42
Part 2 General analysis......Page 45
8 Electromagnetic interactions......Page 47
9 Multipole analysis......Page 50
10 Dirac equation......Page 61
11 Covariant analysis......Page 67
12 Excitation of discrete states in (e, é)......Page 79
13 Coincidence experiments (e, é X)......Page 92
14 Deep-inelastic scattering from the nucleon......Page 111
15 Polarization in deep-inelastic scattering......Page 126
16 Parity violation in inclusive electron scattering......Page 131
Part 3 Quantum electrodynamics......Page 143
17 Basic elements......Page 145
18 Radiative corrections......Page 155
Part 4 Selected examples......Page 161
19 Basic nuclear structure......Page 163
20 Some applications......Page 173
21 A relativistic model of the nucleus......Page 185
22 Elastic scattering......Page 198
23 Quasielastic scattering......Page 210
24 The quark model......Page 226
25 Quantum chromodynamics......Page 237
26 The standard model......Page 247
27 Parity violation......Page 263
28 Excitation of nucleon resonances......Page 267
Part 5 Future directions......Page 277
29 TJNAF(CEBAF)......Page 279
30 Other facilities......Page 288
31 Future directions......Page 294
Appendix A Long-wavelength reduction......Page 304
Appendix B Center of mass (C-M) motion......Page 310
Appendix C Weizsäcker–Williams approximation......Page 316
Appendix D Polarization and spin-1/2 fermions......Page 320
Appendix E Symmetry properties of matrix elements......Page 324
Appendix F Angular correlations......Page 328
Appendix G Relativistic quasielastic scattering......Page 333
Appendix H Pion electroproduction......Page 338
Appendix I Light-cone variables......Page 347
References......Page 353
Index......Page 368

✦ Subjects

Физика;Квантовая физика;Ядерная физика;