Parton Propagation and Fragmentation in QCD Matter

• DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.0907.3534
• Publication Date: 2009-01-01
• Authors: Alberto Accardi; François Arleo; W. K. Brooks; D. d’Enterria; V. Muccifora
• Keywords: QCD matter; Fragmentation

We review recent progress in the study of parton propagation, interaction and fragmentation both cold hot strongly interacting matter. Experimental highlights on high-energy hadron production deep inelastic lepton-nucleus scattering, proton-nucleus heavy-ion collisions, as well Drell-Yan processes hadron-nucleus collisions are presented. The existing theoretical frameworks for describing in-medium energetic partons space-time evolution their into hadrons discussed confronted to experimental data. conclude with a list open issues, brief description future relevant experiments facilities.