Valon model for hadrons and their interactions

This chapter outlines how the hadron structure is determined in terms of the valons and how hadronic reactions can then be described in the valon framework. Shows how two aspects of the hadron, the bound-state and scattering properties, can be combined in a unified picture that can be applied to explaining many empirical facts that have been accumulated in the past 20 yrs. Examines the valon model, deep inelastic scattering, hadronization, low-P/sub T/ inclusive reactions, and problems in hadron physics (form factors, Regge behavior of elastic amplitudes, radiation length of fast quarks in nuclear matter, quark-gluon plasma in heavy ion collisions). Omits discussion of the subject of photon fragmentation as a result of deep inelastic probing. Suggests the establishment of a connection with triple Regge analysis