The Anomalous Magnetic Moment of the Muon

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Jegerlehner, Friedrich (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2008.
• Series: Springer Tracts in Modern Physics, 226
• Subjects: Physics.; Nuclear physics.; Particle and Nuclear Physics.

It seems to be a strange enterprise to attempt write a physics book about a single number. It was not my idea to do so, but why not. In mathematics, maybe, one would write a book about ?. Certainly, the muon’s anomalous magnetic moment is a very special number and today re?ects almost the full spect...

Table of Contents:

• Basic Concepts, Introduction to QED, g – 2 in a Nutshell, General Properties and Tools
• Quantum Field Theory and Quantum Electrodynamics
• Lepton Magnetic Moments: Basics
• 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.