Multihadron production and new perspectives in high energy physics

por Edward Sarkisyan-Grinbaum (University of Texas at Arlington and CERN)

martes 24 mar. 2009 12:00 → 13:00 Europe/Madrid

Sala Seminarios IFIC (Edf. Institutos de Investigación)

Multihadron production features are reviewed as being observed in different types of high-energy collisions. The emphasis is made on the multiplicity, particle density and multiparticle fluctuation and correlation measurements. The various methods and approaches are presented in helping to understand the underlying dynamics of the soft hadron production process. The data are confronted to predictions of phenomenologocal models in general inspired by QCD, the theory of strong interactions. Similarities and differences obtained in different types of reactions and in the whole range of collision energy available are discussed. Expectations for the LHC and prospects for future investigations are considered.