马诺哈尔编著的《重夸克物理学》是一部研究粒子物理专业的名著，是一本非常难得的研究生教材性质的著作，研究重夸克物理学的工具是其核心所在。重夸克是粒子物理中的一个非常重要而活跃的领域，理解重夸克物理学是学习和检验量子色动力学和标准模型的重要途径，通过重夸克物理学可以进入高能物理学这个新领域。书中预习了标准模型、重夸克旋转对称基本观点，并详细介绍了其应用；深入研究重夸克有效理论，包括放射和1/mq修正之间的关系，其在强子质量，形状因子中的应用。为了帮助更好理解，书中好多计算步骤十分详细，每章末都附有习题。

本书的读者对象包括：物理专业的研究生，老师和科研人员。

preface

1 review

　1.1 the standard model

　1.2 loops

　1.3 composite operators

　1.4 quantum chromodynamics and chiral symmetry

　1.5 integrating out heavy quarks

　1.6 effective hamiltonians for weak decays

　1.7 the pion decay constant

　1.8 the operator product expansion

　1.9 problems

　1.10 references

2 heavy quarks

　2.1 introduction

　2.2 quantum numbers

　2.3 strong decays of excited heavy hadrons

　2.4 fragmentation to heavy hadrons

　2.5 covariant representation of fields

　2.6 the effective lagrangian

　2.7 normalization of states

　2.8 heavy meson decay constants

　2.9 b→d(*) form factors

　2.10 ∧c→∧ form factors

　2.11 ∧b→∧c form factors

　2.12 problems

　2.13 references

3 radiative corrections

　3.1 renormalization in hqet

　3.2 matching between qcd and hqet

　3.3 heavy-light currents

　3.4 heavy-heavy currents

　3.5 problems

　3.6 references

4 nonperturbative corrections

　4.1 the l/rnq expansion

　4.2 reparameterization invariance

　4.3 masses

　4.4 ∧b→∧ceνe decay

　4.5 b→d(*)eνe decay and luke's theorem

　4.6 renormalons

　4.7 ν.a = 0 gauge

　4.8 nrqcd

　4.9 problems

　4.10 references

5 chiral perturbation theory

 5.1 heavy mesons

 5.2 gπ in the nonrelativistic constituent quark model

 5.3 b→πeνe and d→πeνe decay

 5.4 radiative d* decay

 5.5 chiral corrections to b→d(*)eνe form factors

 5.6 problems

 5.7 references

6 inclusive weak decay

 6.1 inclusive semileptonic decay kinematics

 6.2 the operator product expansion

 6.3 differential decay rates

 6.4 physical interpretation of 1/m2 corrections

 6.5 the electron endpoint region

 6.6 /Vcb/ from inclusive decays

 6.7 Sum rules

 6.8 Inclusive nonleptonic decays

 6.9 Bs→Bs mixing

 6.10 Problems

 6.11 References

index