High Energy Physics - Phenomenology, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph), High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
journal:
MPP-2023-227
date:
2023-10-01 16:00:00
Abstract
Quantum Chromodynamics predicts that the strong coupling strength $\alpha_s$ 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.