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Parton Propagation and Fragmentation in QCD Matter

Journal Article · · Rivista del Nuovo Cimento
We review recent progress in the study of parton propagation, interaction and fragmentation in both cold and hot strongly interacting matter. Experimental highlights on high-energy hadron production in deep inelastic lepton-nucleus scattering, proton-nucleus and heavy-ion collisions, as well as Drell-Yan processes in hadron-nucleus collisions are presented. The existing theoretical frameworks for describing the in-medium interaction of energetic partons and the space-time evolution of their fragmentation into hadrons are discussed and confronted to experimental data. We conclude with a list of theoretical and experimental open issues, and a brief description of future relevant experiments and facilities.
Research Organization:
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, VA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC)
DOE Contract Number:
AC05-06OR23177
OSTI ID:
978680
Report Number(s):
JLAB-THY-09-1038; DOE/OR/23177-0923
Journal Information:
Rivista del Nuovo Cimento, Journal Name: Rivista del Nuovo Cimento Vol. 32
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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