Photon induced processes in accelerators

Course guarantor:

Jesus Guillermo Contreras

Lecturer:

Jesus Guillermo Contreras

Tutor:

Supervisor:

Department of Physics

Synopsis:

Students will learn about the possibilities of how to learn about quantum chromodynamics through the measurement of photon-induced processes at accelerators. The course will focus on the previously operating HERA accelerator, the results obtained from the current hadron colliders RHIC and LHC as well as plans for future accelerators, such as the EIC.

Requirements:

Syllabus of lectures:

1. Introduction to photon-induced processes

2. Photon flux

3. Overview of relevant models

4. Selected topics related to the HERA accelerator

5. Selected topics related to the RHIC and LHC accelerators

6. Plans for the EIC Accelerator

Syllabus of tutorials:

Study Objective:

Students will learn about the possibilities of how to learn about quantum chromodynamics through the measurement of photon-induced processes at accelerators. The course will focus on the previously operating HERA accelerator, the results obtained from the current hadron colliders RHIC and LHC as well as plans for future accelerators, such as the EIC.

Study materials:

Required literature:

[1] Newman, Paul and Wing, Matthew, The Hadronic Final State at HERA, Rev.Mod.Phys. 86 (2014) no.3, 1037

[2] Contreras, J. G. and Tapia Takaki, J. D, Ultra-peripheral heavy-ion collisions at the LHC, Int.J.Mod.Phys. A30

(2015) 1542012

[3] Accardi et al, Electron Ion Collider: The Next QCD Frontier : Understanding the glue that binds us all, Eur.Phys.J.

A52 (2016) no.9, 268

Recommended literature:

[4] Spencer R. Klein, Heikki Mäntysaari, Imaging the nucleus with high-energy photons, Nature Rev.Phys. 1 (2019) 11, 662-674

Note:

Time-table for winter semester 2024/2025:

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The course is a part of the following study plans: