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50 Years of Quantum Chromodynamics

Franz Gross·Eberhard Klempt·Stanley J. Brodsky·Andrzej J. Buras·Volker D. Burkert·Gudrun Heinrich·Karl Jakobs·Curtis A. Meyer·Kostas Orginos·Michael Strickland·Johanna Stachel·Giulia Zanderighi·Nora Brambilla·Peter Braun-Munzinger·Daniel Britzger·Simon Capstick·Tom Cohen·Volker Crede·Martha Constantinou·Christine Davies·Luigi Del Debbio·Achim Denig·Carleton DeTar·Alexandre Deur·Yuri Dokshitzer·Hans Günter Dosch·Jozef Dudek·Monica Dunford·Evgeny Epelbaum·Miguel A. Escobedo·Harald Fritzsch·Kenji Fukushima·Paolo Gambino·Dag Gillberg·Steven Gottlieb·Per Grafstrom·Massimiliano Grazzini·Boris Grube·Alexey Guskov·Toru Iijima·Xiangdong Ji·Frithjof Karsch·Stefan Kluth·John B. Kogut·Frank Krauss·Shunzo Kumano·Derek Leinweber·Heinrich Leutwyler·Hai-Bo Li·Yang Li·Bogdan Malaescu·Chiara Mariotti·Pieter Maris·Simone Marzani·Wally Melnitchouk·Johan Messchendorp·Harvey Meyer·Ryan Edward Mitchell·Chandan Mondal·Frank Nerling·Sebastian Neubert·Marco Pappagallo·Saori Pastore·José R. Peláez·Andrew Puckett·Jianwei Qiu·Klaus Rabbertz·Alberto Ramos·Patrizia Rossi·Anar Rustamov·Andreas Schäfer·Stefan Scherer·Matthias Schindler·Steven Schramm·Mikhail Shifman·Edward Shuryak·Torbjörn Sjöstrand·George Sterman·Iain W. Stewart·Joachim Stroth·Eric Swanson·Guy F. de Téramond·Ulrike Thoma·Antonio Vairo·Danny van Dyk·James Vary·Javier Virto·Marcel Vos·Christian Weiss·Markus Wobisch·Sau Lan Wu·Christopher Young·Feng Yuan·Xingbo Zhao·Xiaorong Zhou
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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.

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Franz Gross, Eberhard Klempt, Stanley J. Brodsky, Andrzej J. Buras, Volker D. Burkert, Gudrun Heinrich, Karl Jakobs, Curtis A. Meyer, Kostas Orginos, Michael Strickland, Johanna Stachel, Giulia Zanderighi, Nora Brambilla, Peter Braun-Munzinger, Daniel Britzger, Simon Capstick, Tom Cohen, Volker Crede, Martha Constantinou, Christine Davies, Luigi Del Debbio, Achim Denig, Carleton DeTar, Alexandre Deur, Yuri Dokshitzer, Hans Günter Dosch, Jozef Dudek, Monica Dunford, Evgeny Epelbaum, Miguel A. Escobedo, Harald Fritzsch, Kenji Fukushima, Paolo Gambino, Dag Gillberg, Steven Gottlieb, Per Grafstrom, Massimiliano Grazzini, Boris Grube, Alexey Guskov, Toru Iijima, Xiangdong Ji, Frithjof Karsch, Stefan Kluth, John B. Kogut, Frank Krauss, Shunzo Kumano, Derek Leinweber, Heinrich Leutwyler, Hai-Bo Li, Yang Li, Bogdan Malaescu, Chiara Mariotti, Pieter Maris, Simone Marzani, Wally Melnitchouk, Johan Messchendorp, Harvey Meyer, Ryan Edward Mitchell, Chandan Mondal, Frank Nerling, Sebastian Neubert, Marco Pappagallo, Saori Pastore, José R. Peláez, Andrew Puckett, Jianwei Qiu, Klaus Rabbertz, Alberto Ramos, Patrizia Rossi, Anar Rustamov, Andreas Schäfer, Stefan Scherer, Matthias Schindler, Steven Schramm, Mikhail Shifman, Edward Shuryak, Torbjörn Sjöstrand, George Sterman, Iain W. Stewart, Joachim Stroth, Eric Swanson, Guy F. de Téramond, Ulrike Thoma, Antonio Vairo, Danny van Dyk, James Vary, Javier Virto, Marcel Vos, Christian Weiss, Markus Wobisch, Sau Lan Wu, Christopher Young, Feng Yuan, Xingbo Zhao, Xiaorong Zhou. 2022-12-26. 50 Years of Quantum Chromodynamics. https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc%2Fs10052-023-11949-2

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