After successful completion of the course, students are able to analyse the multiplet structure of hadrons, to explain the significance of the Lagrange density of quantum chromodynamics as well as to define and summarize the fundamental phenomena of the strong interaction.
Quarks and their interactions
Experimental indications for quarks and gluons
Mesons and baryons in the quark model
Scattering of high-energy electrons
Lagrangean of Quantum chromo dynamics
Action in classical mechanics
Action in quantum electrodynamics
Geometry of local gauge symmetries
Phenomena of quantum chromo dynamics
Confinement of quarks
Antiscreening of color
Asymptotic freedom
Chiral symmetry breaking
Lecture where based on the corresponding script the subjects are presented;
intensive discussions between students and lecturer are encouraged
oral exam at the end of the term or further along the line on appointment.
Estimated duration:
30 minutes
Lecture notes for this course are available during the lecture
or in the office of the lecturer, Operng. 9.
Books to the subject of the lecture:
F.E. Close: An Introduction to Quarks and Partons, Academic Press
W. Greiner: Theoretische Physik, Band 5, Benjamin/Cummings
K. Huang: Quarks, Leptons and Gauge Fields
F.J. Yndurain: Quantum Chromodynamics
