Particle polarization in high energy physics : an introduction and case studies on vector particle production at the LHC / Pietro Faccioli, Carlos Lourenço.
Faccioli, Pietro, author.; Lourenço, Carlos, author.
2023
QC794.6.S3
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Title Particle polarization in high energy physics : an introduction and case studies on vector particle production at the LHC / Pietro Faccioli, Carlos Lourenço.
Author Faccioli, Pietro, author.
ISBN 9783031088766 (electronic bk.)
303108876X (electronic bk.)
9783031088742 (print)
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-08876-6
Published Cham : Springer, 2023.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (xv, 302 pages) : color illustrations.
Item Number 10.1007/978-3-031-08876-6 doi
Call Number QC794.6.S3
Dewey Decimal Classification 539.7/5
Summary This open-access book addresses the following questions: how does the polarization of a particle, i.e., the angular momentum state in which it is produced, manifest itself in nature? What are the concepts and tools needed to perform rigorous measurements providing complete and unambiguous physical information? Polarization measurements are important because they reflect the nature and coupling properties of a particle and provide unique insights into the underlying fundamental interactions, playing a central role in the study and understanding of the mechanisms of particle production. Besides gradually reviewing many fundamental notions, the book presents several case studies relevant to physics analyses underway at the LHC, including the lepton-antilepton decays of vector states (Drell-Yan, Z and W bosons, quarkonia, etc.). The book also offers a detailed discussion of cascade decays, where the vector particle is a daughter of another particle, as well as a survey of typical angular distributions of particles of any integer or half-integer spin. With a visual approach to the presentation of the concepts and frequent use of pedagogical examples, taken from real measurements, gedankenexperiments, or detailed simulations, the book focuses on aspects of polarization measurements that are sometimes underestimated or left unexplored in experimental analyses, such as the importance of the choice of the reference frame, the existence of frame-independent relations, and the shapes of the physically allowed parameter domains. Several examples are provided of pitfalls introduced when the intrinsic multidimensionality of the problem is neglected in exchange for a simplified analysis. Targeting an audience of graduate students, post-docs, and other researchers involved in analyses of LHC data, this book helps to establish a solid bridge between high precision data, existing or soon to be collected, and accurate measurements, including high-sensitivity tests of the Standard Model.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access Note Open access.
Source of Description Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed December 21, 2022).
Added Author Lourenço, Carlos, author.
Series Lecture notes in physics ; 1002. 1616-6361
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1. Introduction
2. Basics of Angular Distributions
3. Two-body Decays of vector particles
4. Pitfalls in Polarization Measurements
5. Using Polarization to Discriminate Physical Hypotheses.

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