Selected problems of lepton-nucleon scattering (monographic lecture)

Graduate course, Wroclaw University, Faculty of Physics and Astronomy, 2014

Elements of lepton-nucleon electromagnetic interactions

  • Elementary introduction to basics of QFT: S-matrix, cross-section formula
  • QED: gauge symmetry, Feynman rules
  • Electron scattering off Coulomb potential: charge distribution of the proton, proton radius
  • Elastic electron-nucleon scattering
  • Nucleon’s form factors
  • Rosenbluth separation
  • Polarization transfer in electron-nucleon scattering
  • Remarks on proton radius puzzle
  • Inelastic scattering
  • Electroproduction of resonances