The Quantum Quark 0-521-82907-0, 9780521829076

Quantum chromodynamics (QCD), the theory explaining the strong nuclear force that binds together the components of the a

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The Quantum Quark
 0-521-82907-0, 9780521829076

Table of contents :
Content: Preface
Acknowledgments
1. Introduction
2. Symmetry
3. The quantum world
4. Towards QCD
5. The one number of QCD
6. The gregarious gluon
7. Quarks and hadrons
8. Quarks under the microscope
9. Much ado about nothing
10. Checkerboard QCD
Appendix 1. A QCD chronology
Appendix 2. Greek alphabet and SI prefixes
Appendix 3. Glossary
Appendix 4. Further reading
Index.

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