Hadronic jets : an introduction / Andrea Banfi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Banfi, Andrea, author.

Series:

IOP Ebooks Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Physics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (157 pages)

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Bristol, England : IOP Publishing, [2022]

Summary:

This second edition course text provides a general overview of jet physics by presenting the basic experimental and theoretical problems arising when dealing with jets, and describing the solutions proposed in recent years. As a second edition, this book builds upon and complements the first through updated and significantly expanded chapters and the inclusion of fully worked-out example scenarios.

Contents:

Intro

Preface

Acknowledgements

Author biography

Andrea Banfi

Chapter 1 Introduction

1.1 Basics of elementary particle physics

References

Chapter 2 Jet algorithms

2.1 Cone or sequential algorithms?

2.1.1 Cone algorithms

2.1.2 Sequential algorithms

2.2 Common issues with jet algorithms

2.2.1 Jet energy scale and jet areas

2.2.2 Recombination schemes

2.3 Further jet clustering procedures

Chapter 3 QCD for jet physics

3.1 Fixed-order QCD calculations

3.1.1 Leading order (LO) calculations

3.1.2 Next-to-leading-order (NLO) calculations

3.1.3 Fixed-order calculations beyond NLO

3.2 QCD at all orders

3.2.1 Multi-parton branching

3.2.2 Analytic resummations

3.2.3 Parton-shower event generators

3.3 At the boundary of perturbative QCD

Chapter 4 Jets as discovery tools

4.1 Optimising the jet radius

4.2 Boosted objects and jet substructure

4.2.1 Groomers

4.2.2 Taggers

4.2.3 QCD insights into jet substructure

4.2.4 Jet substructure studies at the LHC

4.3 Quark and gluon jets

4.3.1 Differences between quark and gluon jets

4.3.2 Quark- and gluon-jet discrimination at the LHC

References.

Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9780750347396

0750347392

OCLC:

1429723386