The Lund Model
Author(s)
Andersson, Bo
Collection
SCOAP3 for BooksLanguage
EnglishAbstract
The Lund model, inspired by quantum chromodynamics, has provided a promising approach to the dynamics of quark and gluon interactions. Starting with a brief reprise of basic concepts in relativity, quantum mechanics of fields and particle physics, this book discusses: the dynamics of the massless relativistic string; confinement; causality and relativistic covariance; Lund fragmentation processes; QED and QCD Bremsstrahlung; multiplicities and particle-parton distributions. Throughout the book, theory is confronted with current experimental data, and implications for future experiments are also considered. The book also explores the relationships between the Lund model and other models based on field theory (the Schwinger model, S-matrix models, light-cone algebra physics and variations of the parton model), and models based on statistical mechanics (the Feynman-Wilson gas, scaling, iterative cascade models).
Keywords
Relativistic kinematics; electromagnetic fields; virtual quanta; renormalisation; deep inelastic scattering; parton model; massless relativistic string; string decay; Lund model; fragmentation formulae; Regge theory; flavour; transverse momentum generation; meson ratio; heavy quark fragmentation; baryon production; Hanbury–Brown–Twiss-effect; Lund gluon model; gluon emission; multigluon emission; lambda measure; perturbative QCD; inelastic lepto-production; heretical structure functions; hadronic interaction modelsISBN
9781009401296Publisher
Cambridge University PressPublication date and place
1998Classification
Nuclear physics