Quantum Chromodynamics at High Energy

Yuri V. Kovchegov is Professor in the Department of Physics at the Ohio State University. He is a world leader in the field of high energy QCD. In 2006 he was awarded The Raymond and Beverly Sackler Prize in the Physical Sciences by Tel Aviv University for a number of groundbreaking contributions in the field. The Balitsky–Kovchegov equation bears his name. Eugene Levin is Professor Emeritus in the School of Physics and Astronomy at Tel Aviv University. He is the founding father of the field of parton saturation and of the constituent quark model. Equations and approaches that bear his name include the Levin–Frankfurt quark-counting rules, the Gribov–Levin–Ryskin nonlinear equation, the Levin–Tuchin solution, and the Kharzeev–Levin–Nardi approach, reflecting only a selection of his many contributions to high energy physics.

"I have to say that the aim of the authors is abundantly reached. This book is well written and with enough material to grant a clear understanding of the matter to a graduate student. Both authors are well known in this field for a number of contributions. This book represents an excellent introduction to the study of QCD at high energy and could prove extremely useful for the researcher or the student aiming to start research in this area. It surely fills a gap in the literature which has occurred in recent years." Marco Frasca, Mathematical Reviews

• 1. Introduction: basics of QCD perturbation theory; 2. Deep inelastic scattering; 3. Energy evolution and leading logarithm-1/x approximation in QCD; 4. Dipole approach to high parton density QCD; 5. Classical gluon fields and the Color Glass Condensate; 6. Corrections to non-linear evolution equations; 7. Diffraction at high energy; 8. Particle production in high energy QCD; 9. Instead of conclusions; Appendices; Index.