Khodjamirian, A.

2021
CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group Boca Raton
ISBN: 9781138306752, 9781032173030

Boca Raton : CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group : First issued in paperback, xiii, 292 pages : illustrations (2021) [10.1201/9781315142005]2021  

Abstract: This book introduces the phenomenology and theory of hadron form factors in a consistent manner, deriving step-by-step the key equations, defining the form factors from the matrix elements of hadronic transitions and deriving their symmetry relations. Explained are several general concepts of particle theory and phenomenology exemplified by hadron form factors. The main emphasis here is on learning the analytical methods in particle phenomenology. Many examples of hadronic processes involving form factors are considered, from the pion electromagnetic scattering to heavy B-meson decays. In the second part of the book, modern techniques of the form factor calculation, based on the method of sum rules in the theory of strong interactions, quantum chromodynamics, are introduced in an accessible manner.

Keyword(s): Hadrons ; Hadron form factors ; QCD sum rules ; Quark currents ; Quantum chromodynamics ; Hadronic transitions ; Particle phenomenology