QCD and strongly coupled gauge theories: challenges and perspectives

• Published in: The European physical journal. C, Particles and fields Vol. 74; no. 10; pp. 2981 - 241
• Main Authors: Brambilla, N., Eidelman, S., Foka, P., Gardner, S., Kronfeld, A. S., Alford, M. G., Alkofer, R., Butenschoen, M., Cohen, T. D., Erdmenger, J., Fabbietti, L., Faber, M., Goity, J. L., Ketzer, B., Lin, H. W., Llanes-Estrada, F. J., Meyer, H. B., Pakhlov, P., Pallante, E., Polikarpov, M. I., Sazdjian, H., Schmitt, A., Snow, W. M., Vairo, A., Vogt, R., Vuorinen, A., Wittig, H., Arnold, P., Christakoglou, P., Di Nezza, P., Fodor, Z., Garcia i Tormo, X., Höllwieser, R., Janik, M. A., Kalweit, A., Keane, D., Kiritsis, E., Mischke, A., Mizuk, R., Odyniec, G., Papadodimas, K., Pich, A., Pittau, R., Qiu, J.-W., Ricciardi, G., Salgado, C. A., Schwenzer, K., Stefanis, N. G., von Hippel, G. M., Zakharov, V. I.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.10.2014; Springer; Springer Verlag (Germany)
• Subjects: Astronomy; Astrophysics and Cosmology; Complex systems; Condensing; Cosmology; Elementary Particles; Hadrons; Heavy Ions; High Energy Physics - Experiment; High Energy Physics - Lattice; High Energy Physics - Phenomenology; High Energy Physics - Theory; Joining; Measurement Science and Instrumentation; Nuclear Energy; Nuclear Experiment; Nuclear Physics; Nuclear Theory; Physics; Physics and Astronomy; PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; Quantum chromodynamics; Quantum Field Theories; Quantum Field Theory; Review; Searching; Streams; String Theory; Strong interactions (field theory)
• ISSN: 1434-6044; 1434-6052
• DOI: 10.1140/epjc/s10052-014-2981-5

We highlight the progress, current status, and open challenges of QCD-driven physics, in theory and in experiment. We discuss how the strong interaction is intimately connected to a broad sweep of physical problems, in settings ranging from astrophysics and cosmology to strongly coupled, complex systems in particle and condensed-matter physics, as well as to searches for physics beyond the Standard Model. We also discuss how success in describing the strong interaction impacts other fields, and, in turn, how such subjects can impact studies of the strong interaction. In the course of the work we offer a perspective on the many research streams which flow into and out of QCD, as well as a vision for future developments.