Deep inelastic scattering

1 Abril 2020, 08:30 Nuno Barros

  • Deep inelastic scattering
    • Definitions of kinematic variables (Q^2, Bjorken x, y, v)
    • Elastic vs Inelastic scattering
    • Structure functions
    • Bjorken Scaling and Callan-Gross relation
  • Quark-Parton model
    • electron-quark scattering
    • Parton distribution functions
    • Valence and sea quarks
    • Measuring the PDFs. 
    • How to infer structure information from the PDFs.