Spin in Particle Physics ( Cambridge Monographs on Particle Physics, Nuclear Physics and Cosmology )

Publication series :Cambridge Monographs on Particle Physics, Nuclear Physics and Cosmology

Author: Elliot Leader  

Publisher: Cambridge University Press‎

Publication year: 2001

E-ISBN: 9780511874185

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9780521352819

Subject: O571.22 Properties and Determination

Keyword: 数学物理方法

Language: ENG

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Spin in Particle Physics

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Motivated by recent 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 successfully 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.

Chapter

2.3 The discrete transformations

2.3.1 Parity

2.3.2 Time reversal

2.3.3 Charge conjugation

2.4 Fields and wave functions

2.4.1 The discrete transformations of the fields

2.4.2 Isospin multiplets for antiparticles

3 The spin density matrix

3.1 The non-relativistic density matrix

3.1.1 Definition

3.1.2 Some general properties of pmm>

3.1.3 Combined systems of several particle types

3.1.4 The independent parameters specifying p

3.1.5 The multipole parameters

3.1.6 Multipole parameters for combined systems of particles

3.1.7 Even and odd polarization

3.1.8 The effect of rotations on the density matrix

3.1.9 Diagonalization of p. The quantization axis

3.1.10 Other choices of basis matrices

3.1.11 Invariant characterization of the state of polarization of an ensemble

3.1.12 Spin-1 particles and photons

3.1.13 Positivity of the density matrix

3.2 The relativistic case

3.2.1 Definition of the helicity density matrix

3.2.2 Definition of helicity multipole parameters

3.2.3 The effect of Lorentz transformations on the helicity density matrix

3.2.4 Transformation law for multipole parameters

3.3 Choices of reference frame for a reaction

3.3.1 Density matrix for the initial particles

3.3.2 Density matrix of final state particles

3.4 Covariant spin vectors

4 Transition amplitudes

4.1 Helicity amplitudes for elastic and pseudoelastic reactions

4.2 Symmetry properties of helicity amplitudes

4.2.1 Parity

4.2.2 Time reversal

4.2.3 Identical particles

4.2.4 Charge conjugation

4.3 Some analytic properties of the helicity amplitudes

4.4 Crossing for helicity amplitudes

4.5 Transition amplitudes in field theory

4.6 Structure of matrix elements

4.6.1 Matrix elements of a vector current

4.6.2 Vector and axial-vector coupling

4.6.3 Chirality

5 The observables of a reaction

5.2 The final state helicity density matrix

5.2.1 Definition

5.2.2 Rank conditions

5.2.3 Angular momentum constraints near 6 = 0, n

5.3 The CM observables and the dynamical reaction parameters

5.3.1 Properties of the CM reaction parameters

5.4 Experimental determination of the CM reaction parameters

5.4.1 Unpolarized initial state

5.4.2 Polarized beam, unpolarized target

5.4.3 Polarized target, unpolarized beam

5.4.4 Polarized beam and target

5.5 The laboratory reaction parameters

5.6 Applications: Cartesian formalism for initial particles with spin 1/2

5.6.1 The reaction spin 1/2 + spin 1/2 -> spin 1/2 + spin 1/2

5.6.2 The reactions spin 0 + spin 1/2 —• spin 0 + spin 1/2 and spin 1/2 + spin 1/2 -> spin 0 + spin 0

5.6.3 The reactions spin 1/2 + spin 1/2 —• arbitrary-spin particles

5.6.4 Connection between photon and spin-1/2 induced reactions

5.7 Non-linear relations amongst the observables

5.8 Multiparticle and inclusive reactions

5.8.1 CM reaction parameters and final state density matrix

5.1 The generalized optical theorem

5.1.1 Nucleon-nucleon scattering

5.1.2 Particles of arbitrary spin

5.1.3 Application to deuteron-nucleon and deuteron-deuteron scattering

6 The production of polarized hadrons

6.1 Polarized proton sources

6.2 Polarized proton targets

6.2.1 Frozen targets

6.2.2 Gas-jet targets

6.3 The acceleration of polarized particles

6.3.1 Dynamics of the relativistic mean spin vector

6.3.2 Difficulties in the acceleration of polarized particles

6.3.3 The Siberian snake

6.3.4 Stern-Gerlach polarization of protons and antiprotons

6.4 Polarized secondary and tertiary beams

7 The production of polarized e±

7.1 The natural polarization of electrons circulating in a perfect storage ring

7.1.1 Imperfect storage rings

7.2 Polarization at LEP and HERA

7.2.1 Polarization at LEP

7.2.2 Polarization at HERA

7.3 Polarization at SLC

8 Analysis of polarized states: polarimetry

8.1 Stable particles

8.1.1 Reaction mechanism understood

8.1.2 Reaction mechanism not known

8.2 Unstable particles

8.2.1 Two-particle decay of spin-/ resonance

8.2.2 Three-particle decay of a spin-J resonance

9 Electroweak interactions

9.1 Summary of the Standard Model

9.2 Precision tests of the Standard Model

9.2.1 The reaction e~e+ —> fermion-antifermion pair

9.2.2 The reaction e~e+ —> quark-antiquark pair

9.3 Summary

10 Quantum chromodynamics: spin in the world of massless par tons

10.1 A brief introduction to QCD

10.2 Local gauge invariance in QCD

10.3 Feynman rules for massless particles

10.3.1 The calculus of massless spinors

10.4 The helicity theorem for massless fermions

10.5 Spin structure from a fermion line

10.6 Example: high energy e~ + \T —• e~ + \x~

10.7 Massive spinors

10.8 Polarization vectors

10.9 Shorthand notation for spinor products

10.10 QED: high energy Compton scattering

10.11 QCD: gluon Compton scattering

10.12 QCD: Multigluon amplitudes

10.12.1 The colour structure

10.12.2 Helicity structure of the rc-gluon amplitude

10.12.3 The amplitude for G + G -> G + G

10.12.4 Colour sums for gluon reactions

10.12.5 Colour sum for GG -> GG

10.12.6 Some properties of n-gluon amplitudes

11 The spin of the nucleon: polarized deep inelastic scattering

11.1 Introduction

11.2 Deep inelastic scattering

11.3 General formalism and structure functions

11.4 The simple parton model

11.5 Field-theoretic generalization of the parton model

11.5.1 Longitudinal polarization: the quark contribution to gi(x)

11.5.2 Transverse polarization: gi{x)

11.6 Moments of the structure functions, sum rules and the spin crisis

11.6.1 A spin crisis in the parton model

11.6.2 The gluon anomaly

11.7 QCD corrections and evolution

11.7.1 Beyond leading order; scheme dependence

11.8 Phenomenology: the polarized-parton distributions

11.8.1 Behaviour as x —• 0 and x —• 1

11.9 The general partonic structure of the nucleon

11.9.1 Evolution for ATq(x,Q2)

11.10 The future: neutrino beams?

12 Two-spin and parity-violating single-spin asymmetries at large scale

12.1 Inclusive and semi-inclusive reactions: general approach

12.2 Longitudinal two-spin asymmetries

12.2.1 pp - • n°X

12.2.2 Prompt photon production

12.2.3 The Drell-Yan reaction pp -> l+l~X

12.2.4 Drell-Yan production of J/W and X2

12.2.5 Semi-inclusive lepton-hadron scattering

12.3 Parity-violating longitudinal single-spin asymmetries

12.3.1 Small-pr single-spin W± and Z° production

12.3.2 Larger-pT single-spin W- production

12.3.3 Larger-pr single-spin massive Drell-Yan production

12.4 Transverse two-spin asymmetries

13 One-particle inclusive transverse single-spin asymmetries

13.1 Theoretical approaches

13.2 Standard QCD-parton model with soft-physics asymmetries

13.3 Collins mechanism for single-spin asymmetry

13.4 Beyond the standard QCD parton model

13.5 Phenomenological models

13.5.1 The Lund model

13.5.2 The Thomas precession model

13.5.3 Concluding remarks

14 Elastic scattering at high energies

14.1 Small momentum transfer: general

14.2 Electromagnetic interference revisited

14.3 Elastic scattering at large momentum transfer

14.3.1 The asymptotic behaviour

14.3.2 Complications of exclusive reactions

14.3.3 Summary

Appendix 1 The irreducible representation matrices for the rotation group and the rotation functions dJ x (6)

Appendix 2 Homogeneous Lorentz transformations and their representations

A2.1 The finite-dimensional representations

A2.2 Spinors

A2.3 Connection between spinor and vector representations

Appendix 3 Spin properties of fields and wave equations

A3.1 Relativistic quantum fields

A3.2 Irreducible relativistic quantum fields

A3.3 Parity and field equations

A3.4 The Dirac equation

Appendix 4 Transversity amplitudes

A4.1 Definition of transversity amplitudes

A4.2 Symmetry of transversity amplitudes

A4.3 Some analytic properties of transversity amplitudes

Appendix 5 Common notations for helicity amplitudes

Appendix 6 The coefficients Alm/(lm)

Appendix 7 The coefficients ^ ' J m ;

Appendix 8 Symmetry properties of the Cartesian reaction parameters

A8.1 The CM reaction parameters

A8.2 The Argonne Lab reaction parameters

Appendix 9 'Shorthand' notation and nomenclature for the Argonne Lab reaction parameters

Appendix 10 The linearly independent reaction parameters for various reactions and their relation to the helicity amplitudes 465

A10.1 0 + 1/2-> 0 + 1 / 2

A10.2 4(1/2) + £(1/2) -> 0 + 0

A10.3 A + B -» A + 5 all with spin 1/2

A10.4 Photoproduction of pseudoscalar mesons

A10.5 Vector meson production in 0~(l/2)+ -» l~(l/2)+

A10.6 Baryon resonance production in 0~(l/2)+ -> 0~(3/2)+

Appendix 11 The Feynman rules for QCD

A12 Dirac spinors and matrix elements

A 12.1 General properties

A 12.2 Helicity spinors and Lorentz transformations

A12.3 The Dirac-Pauli representation

A 12.4 The Weyl representation

A12.5 Massless fermions

A12.6 The Fierz rearrangement theorem

References

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