The Physics of Quarks: New Research (Horizons in World Physics, Vol. 265)

A quark is a type of elementary particle found in protons and neutrons and other subatomic particles. They are a major constituent of matter, along with leptons. In nature, quarks are never found on their own, as isolated, single particles; rather, they are bound together in composite particles named hadrons. For this reason, much of what is known about quarks has been inferred from observations on the hadrons themselves. This book provides leading edge research on this field from around the globe. THE PHYSICS OF QUARKS: NEW RESEARCH (HORIZONS IN WORLD PHYSICS, VOLUME 265)......Page 3 THE PHYSICS OF QUARKS: NEW RESEARCH (HORIZONS IN WORLD PHYSICS, VOLUME 265)......Page 7 CONTENTS......Page 9 PREFACE......Page 11 GENERALIZED STATISTICS AND THE FORMATION OF A QUART-GLUON PLASMA ......Page 15 QUARK-GLUON PLASMA AND QCD......Page 23 STABLE QUARKS OF THE 4TH FAMILY?......Page 33 A BETHE-SALPETER FRAMEWORKUNDER COVARIANT INSTANTANEOUS ANSATZ WITH APPLICATIONS TO SOME HADRONIC PROCESSES ......Page 63 PENTAQUARKS – STRUCTURE AND REACTIONS......Page 89 HEAVY QUARK DIFFUSION AS A PROBE OF THE QUARK-GLUON PLASMA......Page 101 CAN THE QUARK MODEL BE RELATIVISTIC ENOUGH TO INCLUDE THE PARTON MODEL?......Page 153 RESUMMATIONS IN QCD HARD-SCATTERING AT LARGE AND SMALL x......Page 177 SOLITONS AS BARYONS AND QUALITONS AS CONSTITUENT QUARKS IN TWO-DIMENSIONAL QCD......Page 211 INDEX......Page 241