Symmetry and Quantum Chromodynamics
A special issue of Symmetry (ISSN 2073-8994). This special issue belongs to the section "Physics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 28 February 2026
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Quantum chromodynamics (QCD) is known as the non-Abelian Yang–Mills gauge theory, which is a part of the standard model (SM) and is universally believed to be a robust quantum field theory for describing the strong interaction between quarks and gluons forming hadrons. Depending on the strength of the running coupling, QCD can be classified into non-perturbative QCD and perturbative QCD. The latter is relatively well understood, while the former, which has the properties of confinement and spontaneous chiral symmetry breaking (SCSB), is still poorly understood. To date, QCD confinement remains unresolved, and it is one of the seven millennium prize problems. Also, the SCSB is a very important mechanism to understand the origin of the hadron masses. In the 50 years of the existence of the QCD theory, many impressive signs of progress have been made in understanding the features of QCD both theoretically and experimentally, as well as lattice QCD simulation and global QCD analysis. However, more studies on the QCD properties and symmetries are still needed to resolve the remaining problems to fully understand the QCD theory.
This Special Issue aims to provide new insight into the QCD properties and symmetry from different theoretical and experimental perspectives as well as lattice QCD and global QCD analysis. With this aim, we kindly ask our colleagues to contribute and to share their research on QCD properties and symmetries.
In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following: QCD properties—color confinement and SCSB; hadron structure; gluon saturation; non-perturbative QCD; QCD under extreme conditions; and QCD beyond standard model.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Parada Tobel Paraduan Hutauruk
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- color confinement and SCSB
- hadron structure
- gluon saturation
- non-perturbative QCD
- QCD under extreme condition
- QCD beyond standard mode
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