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Introduction to Strong Interactions Theory and Applications

Introduction to Strong Interactions Theory and Applications

This is a problem-oriented introduction to the main ideas methods and problems needed to form a basic understanding of the theory of strong interactions. Each section contains solid but concise technical foundations to key concepts of the theory and the level of rigor is appropriate for readers with a background in physics (rather than mathematics). It begins with a foundational introduction to topics including SU(N) group hadrons and effective SU(3) symmetric flavor lagrangians constituent quarks in hadrons quarks and gluons as fundamental fields. It then discusses Quantum chromodynamics as a gauge field theory functional integration and Wilson lines and loops before moving on to discuss gauge–fixing and Faddeev – Popov ghosts Becchi-Rouet-Stora-Tyutin symmetry and lattice methods. It concludes with a discussion on the anomalies and the strong CP problem effective action chiral perturbation theory deep inelastic scattering and derivation and solution of the Dokshitzer - Gribov - Lipatov - Altarelli - Parisi equations. Constructed as a one-term course on strong interactions for advanced students it will be a useful self-study guide for graduate and PhD students of high energy physics Quantum Chromodynamics and the Standard Model. Features Covers both basic introductory topics in addition to more advanced content. Accompanied by over 200 problems starting from group algebra to the derivation of Migdal-Makeenko equations Kim - Shifman - Vainshtein - Zakharov axion and gluon + gluon to Higgs cross section etc. Solutions are incorporated into the chapters to test understanding. | Introduction to Strong Interactions Theory and Applications

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EDHF The Complete Story

EDHF The Complete Story

The advances made in vascular biology in the last 25 years have considerably changed the perception that one could have of the endothelial cells. Once considered as a diffusion barrier preventing the access of the blood cells to the vascular matrix the endothelium is now recognized as playing a major role in the control of blood fluidity platelet aggregation and vascular tone but also in immunology inflammation angiogenesis and for serving as a metabolizing and an endocrine organ. from the prefaceCardiovascular diseases so prevalent in the Western world during the twentieth century could well become the scourge of the twenty-first century in emerging countries as well as the West. Endothelial dysfunction linked to an imbalance in the synthesis and/or release of contracting and relaxing factors is often evoked to explain the initiation of the cardiovascular pathology or its development and perpetuation. Two decades ago when nitric oxide was demonstrated to mediate endothelium-dependent relaxations the vascular world seemed convinced that nitric oxide was the ultimate and sole explanation for such relaxations. However not everyone agreed. EDHF: The Complete Story is the work of two leading researchers who did not accept that simple conclusion but instead continued to search along with others for a deeper understanding of the ways in which endothelial cells communicate with the underlying smooth muscle to signal it to hyperpolarize. Now with most if not all of those ways uncovered the authors offer this summary as way of bringing closure to the quest. This monograph reports on the work of many researchers. It summarizes the significant recent discoveries concerning endothelium-dependent hyperpolarizations which are likely to play a much more important role in cardiovascular physiology and pathology than was originally foreseenExtensively illustrated with original diagrams and schematics that su | EDHF The Complete Story

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