Soft Collinear Effective Theory (SCET), an EFT for colliders

by Ms Clara Peset (UAB)

Tuesday 27 Jan 2015, 14:30 → 15:30 Europe/Madrid

Common room (IFAE)

I will give an brief introduction to Soft Collinear Efective Theory (SCET), which is an effective theory that takes advantage of the collinearity of the particles involved in a fiven process (which makes it very useful for collider physics). I will give you the basic properties of the this top-down theory, I will talk about its degrees of freedom, the Wilson lines and some useful field redefinitions. I will also develop the lagrangian and guide you through how the matching is done (if we have enough time). 

I will mostly follow this notes by Iain Stewart, in case you are interested in some reading. 
http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/physics/8-851-effective-field-theory-spring-2013/lecture-notes/MIT8_851S13_scetnotes.pdf