Overview
- Nominated as an outstanding PhD thesis by the University of Adelaide, Australia
- Introduces the Standard Model of particle physics at the graduate level
- Provides an extensive overview of the models and parameterizations used to describe electron-proton cross-sections
- Leads to improved understanding of the internal structure of the nucleon
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Springer Theses (Springer Theses)
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This thesis examines the γZ box contribution to the weak charge of the proton. Here, by combining recent parity-violating electron-deuteron scattering data with our current understanding of parton distribution functions, the author shows that one can limit this model dependence. The resulting construction is a robust model of the γγ and γZ structure functions that can also be used to study a variety of low-energy phenomena. Two such cases are discussed in this work, namely, the nucleon’s electromagnetic polarizabilities and quark-hadron duality.
By using phenomenological information to constrain the input structure functions, this important but previously poorly understood radiative correction is determined at the kinematics of the parity-violating experiment, QWEAK, to a degree of precision more than twice that of the previous best estimate.
A detailed investigation into available parametrizations of the electromagnetic and interference cross-sections indicates that earlier analyses suffered from the inability to correctly quantify their model dependence.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Hadron Structure in Electroweak Precision Measurements
Authors: Nathan L. Hall
Series Title: Springer Theses
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-20221-1
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-20220-4Published: 04 August 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-36993-8Published: 15 October 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-20221-1Published: 24 July 2015
Series ISSN: 2190-5053
Series E-ISSN: 2190-5061
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 120
Number of Illustrations: 18 b/w illustrations, 29 illustrations in colour
Topics: Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory, Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics