Effective Field Theories in Flavour Physics

• Main Author: Mannel, Thomas (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2004.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2004.
• Series: Springer Tracts in Modern Physics, 203
• Subjects: Elementary particles (Physics).; Quantum field theory.; Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory.

The book constitutes a compact review of the applications of effective field theory methods in flavour physics, with emphasis on heavy quark physics. Some of the relevant applications are discussed to illustrate the method. It covers the full range of theoretical tools related to the application of...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Flavour in the Standard Model
• The CKM Matrix and CP Violation
• Effective Field Theories
• Applications I: Delta F = 1 Processes
• Applications II: Delta F = 2 Processes and CP Violation
• Beyond the Standard Model
• Prospects.