What QCD tells us about nature — and why we should listen

1999/07/15 by Frank Wilczek · 13 citations
Physics and Astronomy · Social Sciences · #Current (fluid) #Field (mathematics) #International Science and Diplomacy #Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions #Quantum and Classical Electrodynamics #Quantum chromodynamics #Term (time) #hep-lat #hep-ph #hep-th

paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/s0375-9474(99)00567-9

published in Nuclear Physics A 663-664, 3c-20c (Elsevier BV) · LaTeX, 13 pages, 8 .GIF format figures. Reference 23 corrected, Figure 7 replaced. Keynote talk at PANIC `99, Uppsala Sweden, June 10, 1999

arxiv created 1999/07/15 · openalex publication_date 2000/01/01 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05

Abstract

I discuss why QCD is our most perfect physical theory. Then I visit a few of its current frontiers. Finally I draw some appropriate conclusions.

Citations

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• Quantum field theory
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