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Particle production is calculated in high-energy proton-proton and nuclear collisions. Non-perturbative ingredients are reviewed. Fragmentation function uncertainties and the transverse momentum dependence of parton distributions are studied. Perturbative QCD results are compared to data.
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Fai, G. Particle production in nuclear collisions from pQCD. Acta Phys. Hung. A 19, 255–258 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1556/APH.19.2004.3-4.17
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