Lectures on Heavy Quarks in Quantum Chromodynamics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
2009-09-25 v1
Abstract
A pedagogical introduction to the heavy quark theory is given. It is explained that various expansions in the inverse heavy quark mass present a version of the Wilson operator product expansion in QCD. A systematic approach is developed and many practically interesting problems are considered. I show how the expansions can be built using the background field technique and how they work in particular applications. Interplay between perturbative and nonperturbative aspects of the heavy quark theory is discussed.
Cite
@article{arxiv.hep-ph/9510377,
title = {Lectures on Heavy Quarks in Quantum Chromodynamics},
author = {M. Shifman},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/9510377},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
An extended version of the lectures given at Theoretical Advanced Study Institute {\em QCD and Beyond}, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, June 1995. Plain Latex, 88 pages, 16 figures (available from the author).