8.851 | Spring 2013 | Graduate

Effective Field Theory

Lecture Notes

These notes provide reading material on the Soft-Collinear Eff ective Theory (SCET). They are intended to cover the material studied in Part II of the course.

Full set of notes for Lectures on the Soft-Collinear Effective Theory in one file (PDF - 1.7MB)

Front Matter, including Table of Contents (PDF)

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Chapter 1 Introduction (PDF)
Chapter 2 Introduction to SCET (PDF)
Chapter 3 Ingredients for SCET (PDF)
Chapter 4 SCETI Lagrangian (PDF)
Chapter 5 Symmetries of SCET (PDF)
Chapter 6 Factorization from Mode Separation (PDF)
Chapter 7 Wilson Coecients and Hard Dynamics (PDF)
Chapter 8 Deep Inelastic Scattering (PDF)
Chapter 9 Dijet Production (PDF)
Chapter 10 SCET II (PDF)
Chapter 11 SCETII Applications (PDF)
Chapter 12 More SCETI Applications (PDF)

Appendix (PDF)

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