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There has been a growing conviction during the past few years within the high-energy physics community that a fundamental theory of the strong interaction has been found. This theory is called quantum chromodynamics (QCD) and if correct it will be a major triumph for theoretical physics. In this review we trace the experimental and theoretical developments which gave rise to QCD, outline its basic properties and discuss its successes and remaining problems.
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Marciano, W., Pagels, H. Quantum chromodynamics. Nature 279, 479–483 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1038/279479a0
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