Langbeschreibung
This is a comprehensive overview of the information yieldedby electroweak probes about the nuclear- and
subnuclear-scale structure of matter. Lepton-induced
processes from low energy through to the highest energies
are considered. The first three lectures review
electromagneticprocesses in hadrons; others cover the
properties of partons, the behaviour of the constituents of
the hadron, muon and neutrino scattering etc. An
introduction to electroweak theory including the status of
precision tests and data analyses is given along with a
report on the first results from HERA.
The lecturers have endeavoured to achieve a balance between
scientific and didactic aspects thus making the book
accessible also to students of nuclear and particle physics.
Hauptbeschreibung
This is a comprehensive overview of the information yielded by electroweak probes about the nuclear- and subnuclear-scale structure of matter. The lecturers have endeavoured to achieve a balance between scientific and didactic aspects thus making the book accessible also to students of nuclear and particle physics.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Electromagnetic interactions of nucleons and nuclei at low energy and momentum transfer.- Electro-excitation of nucleon resonances and meson production.- Present electron and photon scattering experiments up to GeV energies.- Partons and QCD: Hadron structure and basics of the standard model.- Electroweak reactions in the non-perturbative regime of QCD.- Polarized structure functions and the spin of the proton.- Small ? physics.- Nucleon structure functions.- The standard electroweak theory and its experimental tests.- First results from HERA.- Seminars.