Standard model group, QCD subgroup - dynamics isolating and testing the elementary QCD subprocess

QCD to an experimentalist is the theory of interactions of quarks and gluons. Experimentalists like QCD because QCD is analogous to QED. From a previous study on the validity of QED, one has a ready-made menu for tests of QCD. There are the static and long distance tests such as: the value of the coupling constant α/sub s/; the shape of the QCD potential and ''onia'' spectroscopy in analogy to atomic spectroscopy and tests of Coulomb's law at large distances. (One might try to imagine the QCD analogue of g-2 and the Lamb shift.); and tests of confinement: i.e., can you break up a proton into 3 quarks? These topics are covered in the static properties group. In this report, dynamic and short distance tests of QCD are discussed, primarily via reactions with large transverse momenta. This report is an introduction and overview of the subject, to serve as a framework for other reports from the subgroup. In the last two sections, the author has taken the opportunity to discuss his own ideas and opinions