QUARK CONFINEMENT AND THE HADRON SPECTRUM VI: 6th Conference on Quark Confinement and the Hadron Spectrum

6th Conference on Quark Confinement and the Hadron Spectrum

Nora Brambilla, Universita degli Studi di Milano, Dipartimento di Fisica, Milano, Italy ; Sergio Serci, Universita degli Studi do Cagliari, Dipartmento di Fisica, Monserrato, Italy ; Giovanni Maria Prosperi, Universita degli Studi Milano, Dipartimento di Fisica, Milano, Italy ; Khin Muang, Hampton University, Department of Physics, Hampton, VA, USA ; Alberto Devoto, Universita degli Studi di Cagliari, Dipartimento di Fisica, Monserrato, Italy ; Umberto D'Alesio, Universita degli Studi di Cagliari, Departimento di Fisica, Monserrato, Italy

Conference Location and Date: Villasimius, Italy, 21-25 September 2004

Subseries: Nuclear and High Energy Physics

Published April 2005; ISBN 0-7354-0241-8, One Volume, Print; 510 pages; 6 3/8 X 9 1/4 inches; Hardcover; $163.00

Readership: Physics researchers, PhD students and postdocs interested in theoretical and experimental investigations of QCD and strong quark/particle interactions.

This book provides an update on our understanding of strong interactions with theoretical and experimental highlights included. It is divided into five sections. The first section is devoted to the investigations into the QCD Vacuum and the latest results on the mechanism of quark confinement. The second and third sections focus respectively on light and heavy quarks (effective field theories, Schwinger-Dyson approach and lattice QCD results). The fourth section deals with the deconfinement mechanism and quark-gluon plasma formation signals. The last section presents highlights of experiments, new physics beyond QCD, and nonperturbative approaches in other theories (strings and SUSY) that may be useful in QCD.

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