Spin in Particle Physics

Elliot Leader

doi:10.1017/9781009402040

Motivated by 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 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. This title, first published in 2001, has been reissued as an Open Access publication on Cambridge Core.

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Frontmatter
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Dedication
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Contents
pp vii-xiii
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Preface
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Errata
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1 - Spin and helicity
pp 1-17
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2 - The effect of Lorentz and discrete transformations on helicity states, fields and wave functions
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3 - The spin density matrix
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4 - Transition amplitudes
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5 - The observables of a reaction
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6 - The production of polarized hadrons
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7 - The production of polarized e±
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8 - Analysis of polarized states: polarimetry
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9 - Electroweak interactions
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10 - Quantum chromodynamics: spin in the world of massless partons
pp 258-297
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11 - The spin of the nucleon: polarized deep inelastic scattering
pp 298-347
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12 - Two-spin and parity-violating single-spin asymmetries at large scale
pp 348-381
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13 - One-particle inclusive transverse single-spin asymmetries
pp 382-412
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14 - Elastic scattering at high energies
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Appendix 1 - The irreducible representation matrices for the rotation group and the rotation functions djλμ(θ)
pp 433-436
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Appendix 2 - Homogeneous Lorentz transformations and their representations
pp 437-443
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Appendix 3 - Spin properties of fields and wave equations
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Appendix 4 - Transversity amplitudes
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Appendix 5 - Common notations for helicity amplitudes
pp 453-454
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Appendix 6 - The coefficients Alʹmʹ(lm)
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Appendix 7 - The coefficients Clm;lʹmʹl1m1;lʹ1mʹ1
pp 457-458
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Appendix 8 - Symmetry properties of the Cartesian reaction parameters
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Appendix 9 - 'Shorthand' notation and nomenclature for the Argonne Lab reaction parameters
pp 463-464
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Appendix 10 - The linearly independent reaction parameters for various reactions and their relation to the helicity amplitudes
pp 465-472
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Appendix 11 - The Feynman rules for QCD
pp 473-475
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