The Anomalous Magnetic Moment of the Muon

• Main Author: Jegerlehner, Friedrich (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Edition: 2nd ed. 2017.
• Series: Springer Tracts in Modern Physics, 274
• Subjects: Physics.; Quantum field theory.; String theory.; Nuclear physics.; Particle and Nuclear Physics.; Quantum Field Theories, String Theory.

This research monograph covers extensively the theory of the muon anomalous magnetic moment and provides estimates of the theoretical uncertainties. The muon anomalous magnetic moment is one of the most precisely measured quantities in elementary particle physics and provides one of the most stringe...

Table of Contents:

• Part I: Basic Concepts, Introduction to QED, g – 2 in a Nutshell, General Properties and Tools
• Introduction
• Quantum Field Theory and Quantum Electrodynamics
• Lepton Magnetic Moments: Basics
• Part II: A Detailed Account of the Theory, Outline of Concepts of the Experiment, Status and Perspectives
• Electromagnetic and Weak Radiative Corrections
• Hadronic Effects
• The g−2 Experiments
• Comparison Between Theory and Experiment and Future Perspectives
• Corrections and Updates to the first edition
• List of Acronyms.