Hard QCD Processes: Definition & Overview

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What are Hard QCD processes ?
 
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hard means perturbative, i.e. processes which one can calculate using perturbation theory = momentum transfer is larger than around 250 GeV. At this energy, the QCD coupling constant becomes "large" so that perturbation theory is no longer valid.
 

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