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+== Strong interactions and symmetries 2011 ==
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+=== Lecturers ===
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+   * Jean-Marc Gerard
+   * Fabio Maltoni
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+=== Abstract ===
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+This course aims at providing a first introduction to perturbative and non perturbative QCD. The prerequisites include Quantum Field Theory I and II, and Relativistic Quantum Mechanics. The course will be divided in three parts, for a total of 30+10 hours (5+1 ECTS).
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+=== Program ===
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+I Part : Non-perturbative aspects and symmetries (J.-M. Gerard)
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+   * Perturbative vs non-perturbative approaches
+   * Chiral symmetry and 1/Nc expansion
+   * Effective Lagrangians and current algebra
+   * U(1)_A problem and T invariance
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+II Part : Perturbative QCD (F. Maltoni)
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+   * Abelian and non-Abelian gauge invariance : formal and heuristic approaches
+   * Ghosts and basics on the quantization of gauge theories
+   * Feynman rules for QCD. Color algebra and its magic
+   * Beta function in QCD : asymptotic freedom
+   * e+ e- -> hadrons : LO (and NLO)
+   * Infrared safety. Jets.
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+III Part : Advanced topics in pQCD (G. Soyez)
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+   * QCD in <em>e<sup>+</sup>e<sup>-</sup></em> 
+      * <em>e<sup>+</sup>e<sup>-</sup></em> -&gt; ''qqg'': QCD divergences and various consequences
+      * Event shapes, jets (cone, JADE, <em>k<sub>t</sub></em>)
+   * QCD in Deep Inelastic Scattering 
+      * DIS kinematics, Parton Distribution Functions and Bjorken scaling
+      * QCD radiation: scaling violations, factorisation theorem, DGLAP equation
+   * QCD at hadronic colliders 
+      * PDF uncertainties
+      * Drell-Yan and jets at LO
+      * Multileg and NLO computations
+      * jets
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+=== References ===
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+Basics
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+   * Cross sections and the S-matrix (Section 4.5 of Peskin and Schroeder [P&S])
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+I Part : Non-perturbative aspects and symmetries
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+   * [http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/9505231 Quantum Chromodynamics], by A.Pich.
+   * [http://th-www.if.uj.edu.pl/acta/vol21/pdf/v21p0257.pdf Electroweak interactions of hadrons], Acta Phys. Polon. B21:257-305,1990 J.M. Gerard.
+   * [http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~hgeorgi/weak.pdf Weak Interactions], by Howard Georgi.
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+II Part : Perturbative QCD
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+   * [attachment:mangano.pdf  Introduction to QCD], by M.L. Mangano.
+   * [attachment:nason.pdf  Introduction to QCD], by P. Nason.
+   * Section 7.4, Chapters 15 and 16, and Sections 17.1 -&gt; 17.4 of [P&S].
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+III Part : Advanced topics in PQCD
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+   * [attachment:gsoyez_epem.pdf QCD in e<sup>+</sup>e<sup>-</sup>]
+   * [attachment:gsoyez_dis.pdf QCD in Deep Inelastic Scattering]
+   * [attachment:gsoyez_pp.pdf QCD at hadronic colliders]
+   * [attachment:gsoyez_figs.pdf Additional figures]
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+=== Exercises ===
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+I Part
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+   * A list of exercises can be found [attachment:QCD.pdf here].
+   * Take Home Project : 
+      * Calculation of the beta function in QCD.
+      * Calculation of e+ e- -&gt; hadrons at NLO in dimensional regularization.
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+II Part
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+=== QCD Phenomenology at colliders ===
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+Here is a list of exercises that can be "solved" using Software.MadGraph. To do so register at http://madgraph.hep.uiuc.edu and send an e-mail to F.M. to get running access.
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+   * [:DeadCone:Radiation from heavy quarks]: the dead cone in %$e^+e^- \to Q \bar Q g$%.
+   * [:GluonSpin:Spin of the gluon]: Vector vs scalar in the angular correlations of %$ e^+ e^- \to$% 4 jets.
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+   * [http://cp3wks05.fynu.ucl.ac.be/twiki/bin/view/Physics/WAsymm Drell-Yan] : Study the rapidity asymmetry at the Tevatron.
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+   * [:2Jets:Jets] : Di-jet kinematics and rates in pp collisions.
+   * [:3Jets:3 Jets] : Energy distributions in 3-jet events.
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+   * [:TopDecaySpinCorrelations: Spin correlations in top decay].
+   * [:tt:top production] : %$t \bar t$% production, Tevatron vs LHC.
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+   * [:tprime:t' production] : %$t'$% production at the LHC.
+   * [:X:New resonances]: Discover new resonances at the LHC.
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