High energy nuclear interactions and QCD: an introduction
Abstract
The goal of these lectures, oriented towards the students just entering the field, is to provide an elementary introduction to QCD and the physics of nuclear interactions at high energies. We first introduce the general structure of QCD and discuss its main properties. Then we proceed to Glauber multiple scattering theory which lays the foundation for the theoretical treatment of nuclear interactions at high energies. We introduce the concept of Gribov's inelastic shadowing, crucial for the understanding of quantum formation effects. We outline the problems facing Glauber approach at high energies, and discuss how asymptotic freedom of QCD helps to resolve them, introducing the concepts of parton saturation and color glass condensate.
Cite
@article{arxiv.nucl-th/0206073,
title = {High energy nuclear interactions and QCD: an introduction},
author = {D. E. Kharzeev and J. Raufeisen},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:nucl-th/0206073},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
43 pp., 19 figures, based on lectures given by D. Kharzeev at the School on "New States of Matter in Hadronic Interactions" of the Pan American Advanced Study Institute (PASI 2002) in Campos do Jordao, Sao Paulo, Brazil, on January 7-18, 2002