Elements of QCD for hadron colliders

Abstract

The aim of these lectures is to provide (experimental particle physics Ph.D.) students with an introduction to some of the core concepts and methods of QCD that are relevant in an LHC context.

56 pages, 40 figures. Lectures given at the 2009 European School of High-Energy Physics, Bautzen, Germany, 14-27 June 2009. v2 includes additional references