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One of the most striking phenomena that can be observed in high-energy collisions
of elementary particles is the production of highly collimated bunches of particles. These
objects are known as hadronic jets. The word ‘hadronic’ refers to the fact that jets are
made up of hadrons, particles which can interact through the strong force, the force that
keeps atomic nuclei bound together.
Hadronic jets are ubiquitous at high-energy colliders, such as the Large Hadron Collider
(LHC), the machine currently used to solve long-standing mysteries such as the origin of
mass or the nature of dark matter. The book aims to provide a gentle introduction to the physics of hadronic jets to a student
(undergraduate or postgraduate) willing to undertake a project on the topic. The second edition will update and significantly expand each chapter, increasing the
length from 115 pages to ~150 pages. In addition, each chapter will be complemented by
problems inviting the reader to explore the details of the presented topics.
Key Features
Key Features
- Accessible to undergraduate and postgraduate students
- Provides a concise introduction to both QCD and jet physics
- Enables the reader to access the relevant literature on the topic
- Presents the most recent advances in the field
- Each chapter contains problems and an extensive bibliography
Price: £60.00
Pages: 150
Publisher: Institute of Physics Publishing
Imprint: Institute of Physics Publishing
Series: IOP ebooks
Publication Date:
01 December 2022
ISBN: 9780750347396
Format: eBook
BISACs:
1. Introduction
This chapter presents a simple explanation to what jets are. It also contains a short
introduction to elementary particle physics, to set the notation and the basic concepts for
the rest of the book.
The revised version will contain the most recent status of particle physics, including details
of the current LHC setup.
2. Jet algorithms
This chapter describes in detail how jets can be rigorously defined starting from the
observed momenta in a high-energy collision. It also explains both theoretical and
experimental issues of each jet algorithm.
In the revised version, more emphasis will be given on collinear and infrared safety, and all
drawings will be remade from scratch. The topics of jet areas and pile-up subtraction will
be revised, and the most recent advances will be presented. Minimisation procedures for
defining jets will be updated reflecting the development of the ideas sketched in the first
edition.
3. QCD for jet physics
This chapter presents QCD, the theory of strong interactions. This chapter presents the
main theoretical methods to describe jets in QCD, namely fixed-order calculations, parton�shower and resummation, as well as non-perturbative methods to describe hadronization
corrections.
In the revised version, the style of presentation will radically change. Each theoretical
concept will be introduced by a fully worked-out example. The most recent advances in
parton-shower algorithms, resummation and hadronization corrections will also be
presented.
4. Jets as discovery tools
This chapter is more advanced. It brings together the methods of chapters 2 and 3 to
introduce to the most recent techniques that exploit jets to find new physics at colliders,
especially at the LHC.
In the revised version, a discussion on corrections to the jet mass will be added. Original
substructure techniques will be critically revised in the light of the most recent advances.
Experimental validations of substructure techniques now do exist, and will be presented.
In the revised version, every chapter will be complemented by problems inviting the
reader to explore the details of the presented topics.