Von Quarks zu Hadronen: Tiefunelastische Streuung und Partonmodell

What it is about

You learn how the quark hypothesis and the parton model explain observations in deep inelastic scattering. Starting from quarks as Dirac particles, structure and reaction cross sections as well as quark distribution functions are treated; finally you gain insight into newer experiments on spin structure and correlations of quarks.

What you will be able to do

• Provide an overview of quark distribution functions
• understand experimentally tested sum rules
• understand more complex correlation functions (e.g. for transverse degrees of freedom)
• create a basis for contributing to corresponding experiments

What the module consists of

• Lecturecentral mediation of content; thematically structured from general properties to effective descriptions and examples

Teaching method

• Lecture with questionsmotivates active thinking and trains scientific thinking
• Example calculations and demonstration with ROOTintroduces exemplar computer-assisted calculation; can be followed on personal laptops
• Discussion of original literatureconveys important insights through detailed discussions