Thursday, March 19, 2009, 16:00
WHGA Auditorium
S. Bethke, MPI Munich
Abstract:
Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD) is the gauge field theory of the Strong
Interaction, one of the four fundamental forces in nature, which is
binding quarks and gluons inside hadrons and nucleons inside atomic
nuclei. The strong binding force is also responsible for generating
almost all the mass of hadronic matter that makes up our visible
universe. Specific features of QCD, such as "Confinement", "Asymptotic
Freedom" and - equivalently - the effect of gluon self coupling, provide
firm predictions for precision tests of this theory. In this seminar,
basic features of the theory and the status of experimental tests of
Asymptotic Freedom and other features of QCD are reviewed.