Affiliation:
1. Max-Planck-Institute of Physics, Boltzmannstr. 8, 85748 Garching, Germany
Abstract
Quantum Chromodynamics predicts that the strong coupling strength [Formula: see text] decreases with increasing energy or momentum transfer, and vanishes at asymptotically high energies. The history and the status of experimental tests of asymptotic freedom are summarised in this review.
Publisher
World Scientific Pub Co Pte Ltd