This proceedings volume contains papers presented at the Eight Workshop on Continuous Advances in QCD (quantum chromodynamics), held at the William I Fine Theoretical Physics Institute, USA on May 15OCo18, 2008.

This proceedings volume contains papers presented at the Eight Workshop on Continuous Advances in QCD (quantum chromodynamics), held at the William I Fine Theoretical Physics Institute, USA on May 15?18, 2008.

This introduction to quantum chromodynamics presents the basic concepts and calculations in a clear and didactic style accessible to those new to the field. Readers will find useful methods for obtaining numerical results, including pure gauge theory and quenched spectroscopy.

This volume contains the main contributions to the 14th International Conference on Recent Progress in Many-Body Theories (RPMBT14) held at the Technical University of Catalonia, Spain, in July 2007. This conference, which was first held in Trieste in 1979, is devoted to new developments in the field of many-body theories, which are being applied and developed in a rapidly growing number of fields. The emphasis is twofold: progress in the technical aspects of microscopic theories and a review of recent applications of many-body techniques. In addition to the more traditional topics, such as nuclear physics and quantum liquids, the present volume also includes the most recent results on atomic physics, cold Bose and Fermi gases, phase transitions and quantum information. Moreover, the volume contains the lectures of the winners of the 2007 Feenberg Medal and 2007 Kuemmel Award, as well as their laudatios.

This research monograph covers extensively the theory of the muon anomalous magnetic moment and provides estimates of the theoretical uncertainties. The muon anomalous magnetic moment is one of the most precisely measured quantities in elementary particle physics and provides one of the most stringent tests of relativistic quantum field theory as a fundamental theoretical framework. It allows for an extremely precise check of the standard model of elementary particles and of its limitations. This book reviews the present state of knowledge of the anomalous magnetic moment a=(g-2)/2 of the muon. Recent experiments at the Brookhaven National Laboratory now reach the unbelievable precision of 0.5 parts per million, improving the accuracy of previous g-2 experiments at CERN by a factor of 14. In addition, quantum electrodynamics and electroweak and hadronic effects are reviewed. Since non-perturbative hadronic effects play a key role for the precision test, their evaluation is described in detail. Perspectives for future improvements of the theoretical and experimental precision are considered. The new edition features improved theoretical predictions to match upcoming experiments, like the one at Fermilab. Additionally the new more precise basic parameters are presented.

This volume includes discussion on new dynamical features in the light of (deconstruted/latticized) extra dimensions, holographic QCD, Moose/hidden local symmetry, and so on. New insights into the QCD as a prototype of strong coupling gauge theories as well as in its own right, particularly in hot and dense matter are included.

This is the ninth of a series of meetings focused on some current problems in hadron physics. These proceedings report on some recent developments in baryon spectroscopy, in the light cone approach, in QCD at large temperature and/or density, in diffractive physics and heavy-ion collisions. They also include some discussions about fundamental questions such as symmetry breaking, compact stars and dark matter.

This volume includes discussion on new dynamical features in the light of (deconstruted/latticized) extra dimensions, holographic QCD, Moose/hidden local symmetry, and so on. New insights into the QCD as a prototype of strong coupling gauge theories as well as in its own right, particularly in hot and dense matter are included. Sample Chapter(s). The String in an Excited Baryon (230 KB). Contents: The String in an Excited Baryon (G ''t Hooft); Mesons and Baryons from String Theory (S Sugimoto); Toy Model for Mixing of Two Chiral Nonets (A H Fariborz et al.); Strongly Interacting Matter at RHIC (C Nonaka); QED Corrections to Hadron and Quark Masses (Y Namekawa); Little Higgs M-Theory (H-C Cheng); Toward a Top-Mode ETC (H Fukano & K Yamawaki); On Cyclic Universes (P H Frampton); Large Gauge Hierarchy in GaugeOCoHiggs Unification (K Takenaga); Partially Composite Two Higgs Doublet Model (P Ko); and other papers. Readership: Graduate students, academics and researchers in theoretical particle physics."