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50 Years of Quantum Chromodynamics
- Source :
- The European Physical Journal C 83 (12), 1125 (2023)
- Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- This paper presents a comprehensive review of both the theory and experimental successes of Quantum Chromodynamics, starting with its emergence as a well defined theory in 1972-73 and following developments and results up to the present day. Topics include a review of the earliest theoretical and experimental foundations; the fundamental constants of QCD; an introductory discussion of lattice QCD, the only known method for obtaining exact predictions from QCD; methods for approximating QCD, with special focus on effective field theories; QCD under extreme conditions; measurements and predictions of meson and baryon states; a special discussion of the structure of the nucleon; techniques for study of QCD at high energy, including treatment of jets and showers; measurements at colliders; weak decays and quark mixing; and a section on the future, which discusses new experimental facilities or upgrades currently funded. The paper is intended to provide a broad background for Ph.D. students and postdocs starting their career. Some contributions include personal accounts of how the ideas or experiments were developed.<br />Comment: Invited volume for the EJPC; 567 pages if text/figures and 4783 references occupying about 160 additional pages. arXiv abstract abridged, for the complete abstract please see the full text
Details
- Database :
- arXiv
- Journal :
- The European Physical Journal C 83 (12), 1125 (2023)
- Publication Type :
- Report
- Accession number :
- edsarx.2212.11107
- Document Type :
- Working Paper
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-023-11949-2