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Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:
July 2023
Print publication year:
2023
Online ISBN:
9781009402040
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Book description

Motivated by dramatic developments in the field, this book provides a thorough introduction to spin and its role in elementary particle physics. Starting with a simple pedagogical introduction to spin and its relativistic generalisation, the author avoids the obscurity and impenetrability of traditional treatments of the subject. The book surveys the main theoretical and experimental developments, as well as discussing exciting plans for the future. Emphasis is placed on the importance of spin-dependent measurements in testing QCD and the Standard Model. This book will be of value to graduate students and researchers working in all areas of quantum physics and particularly in elementary particle and high energy physics. It is suitable as a supplementary text for graduate courses in theoretical and experimental particle physics. This title, first published in 2001, has been reissued as an Open Access publication on Cambridge Core.

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  • Frontmatter
    pp i-iv
  • Dedication
    pp v-vi
  • Contents
    pp vii-xiii
  • Preface
    pp xiv-xxii
  • Errata
    pp xxiii-xxvi
  • 1 - Spin and helicity
    pp 1-17
  • 2 - The effect of Lorentz and discrete transformations on helicity states, fields and wave functions
    pp 18-37
  • 3 - The spin density matrix
    pp 38-72
  • 4 - Transition amplitudes
    pp 73-91
  • 5 - The observables of a reaction
    pp 92-128
  • 6 - The production of polarized hadrons
    pp 129-164
  • 7 - The production of polarized e±
    pp 165-184
  • 8 - Analysis of polarized states: polarimetry
    pp 185-233
  • 9 - Electroweak interactions
    pp 234-257
  • 10 - Quantum chromodynamics: spin in the world of massless partons
    pp 258-297
  • 11 - The spin of the nucleon: polarized deep inelastic scattering
    pp 298-347
  • 12 - Two-spin and parity-violating single-spin asymmetries at large scale
    pp 348-381
  • 13 - One-particle inclusive transverse single-spin asymmetries
    pp 382-412
  • 14 - Elastic scattering at high energies
    pp 413-432
  • Appendix 2 - Homogeneous Lorentz transformations and their representations
    pp 437-443
  • Appendix 3 - Spin properties of fields and wave equations
    pp 444-449
  • Appendix 4 - Transversity amplitudes
    pp 450-452
  • Appendix 5 - Common notations for helicity amplitudes
    pp 453-454
  • Appendix 6 - The coefficients Alʹmʹ(lm)
    pp 455-456
  • Appendix 7 - The coefficients Clm;lʹmʹl1m1;lʹ1mʹ1
    pp 457-458
  • Appendix 8 - Symmetry properties of the Cartesian reaction parameters
    pp 459-462
  • Appendix 9 - 'Shorthand' notation and nomenclature for the Argonne Lab reaction parameters
    pp 463-464
  • Appendix 11 - The Feynman rules for QCD
    pp 473-475

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