Published June 1, 2010 | Version v1
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Physics of High Energy QCD

  • 1. KEK Theory Center, IPNS, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), 1-1 Oho, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-0801 (Japan)

Description

Our common knowledge that a proton is made of just three quarks is not true if one looks at the proton which undergoes high-energy scattering with any kind of target. QCD rather predicts that the proton in high-energy scattering looks like a bunch of huge numbers of 'gluons', which are gauge particles mediating interaction between quarks. Such dense gluonic states are called 'Color Glass Condensates (CGC)'. I will explain how the CGC appears at high energies and show several experimental evidences for that. I will also discuss the importance of CGC in the physics of LHC and high-energy cosmic rays.

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Journal Title
AIP Conference Proceedings
Journal Volume
1238
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 69-76
ISSN
0094-243X
CODEN
APCPCS

Conference

Title
7. Tours symposium on nuclear physics and astrophysics
Dates
16-20 Nov 2009
Place
Kobe (Japan)

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(c) 2010 American Institute of Physics