Introduction to Heavy-Quark Physics

• Grant number: 10/01500-9
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: March 01, 2010
• End date: December 31, 2011
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Physics - Elementary Particle Physics and Fields
• Principal Investigator: Tereza Cristina da Rocha Mendes
• Grantee: Willian Matioli Serenone
• Host Institution: Instituto de Física de São Carlos (IFSC). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Carlos , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 09/50180-0 - Study of hadronic interactions at high energies, AP.TEM

Abstract

The present project proposes an introduction of the candidate to elementary particle physics, with emphasis on the strong interactions between quarks, described by QCD. In particular, in the case of heavy quarks one may use a non-relativistic approach and search for a numerical solution of Schrödinger's equation for the determination of the bound states of the system. In this way, the introduction to the literature of the field may be complemented by a practical example.