This book develops a novel analysis method for QCD sum rules (QCDSR) by applying the maximum entropy method (MEM) to arrive at an analysis with less artificial assumptions.

Describes the QCD sum rules method in detail, including appendixes dealing with many technical points of the calculations involved Contains applications of MEM to QCDSR analyses to non-relativistic potential models, the ?-meson, the nucleon and quarkonium at zero and finite temperatures Nominated as an outstanding contribution by Tokyo Institute of Technology's Physics Department in 2012 Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Autorentext
Dr. Philipp Gubler
Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan

Inhalt
Introduction and Review.- Introduction.- Basic Properties of QCD.- Basics of QCD Sum Rules.- The Maximum Entropy Method.- Applications.- MEM Analysis of the Meson Sum Rule.- MEM Analysis of the Nucleon Sum Rule.- Quarkonium Spectra at finite Temperature from QCD Sum Rules and MEM.- Concluding Remarks.- Summary, Conclusion and Outlook.- Appendix.