PHYSICS 871: Nuclear Physics
Course's Progress and Suggested Reading Besides the Textbook.

• Evidence of QCD as the theory of strong interactions: (Ellis-Stirling-Webber, ESW)
  • the static problem: statistics (Halzen-Martin, HM).
  • two fundamental experiments ESW, Ch.1
• dynamics: deep inelastic scattering and the quark-parton model ESW, Ch.1
• dynamics: asymptotic freedom ESW, Ch.1

Deep Inelastic Scattering.

• Impulse Approximation (Feynman, Photon-Hadron Interactions).
• The ep cross section HM
• kinematics HM, (Close C), Ch.9, ESW, Ch.4.
• calculation of the matrix element for inclusive scattering:
  • scattering from pointlike fermion, C, Ch.9.
  • scattering from the proton, C, Ch.9.
• Recap on Dirac's Equation, my notes and HM.
• Structure Functions and Form Factors, my notes and C, Ch. 9.
• Applying QCD to DIS: Gribov Lipatov Altarelli Parisi (GLAP) Equations at Leading Order, (Roberts, R), Section 5.2.