APPLICATIONS OF QCD TO THE PRODUCTION OF MESONS AND JETS IN HADRON-HADRON COLLISIONS

Applications of the theory of quantum chromodynamics (QCD) with asymptotic freedom to processes involving large momentum transfers are examined. The theory describes correctly many features of the lepton initiated processes eN, ΜN, vN, vN as well as large-mass muon-pair production and the production of mesons and jets at large p⊥ in hadron-hadron collisons. Some predictions are made for future large p⊥ meson and jet experiments. The preliminary conclusion is that QCD might well be the correct theory behind all these phenomena, although a definitive test has not yet been made. © 1979 IOP Publishing Ltd.