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The 80 pages that link to Quantum chromodynamics, each with the reason it gives.

• Quantum field theoryBroader topic: It describes the strong force and the field dynamics binding quarks into hadrons.

• Standard ModelBroader topic: It is the Standard Model’s strong-interaction sector.

• ProtonNarrower topic: It describes how gluons bind the proton’s quarks.

• Quantum electrodynamicsRelated: It is the other major gauge theory of the Standard Model, with a different charge and force carrier.

• MassRelated: Most proton and neutron mass arises from strong-interaction energy described by this theory.

• Gauge theoryBroader topic: It shows how a non-abelian gauge theory produces the strong interaction.

• Electroweak interactionCompared with: It is the other gauge sector of the Standard Model, not unified with electroweak interactions.

• GluonNarrower topic: It is the theory in which gluons are the force-carrying fields.

• HadronNarrower topic: This theory accounts for hadron structure and strong-force binding.

• Strong interactionBroader topic: It is the theory that mathematically describes this interaction.

• Feynman diagramRelated: Its perturbative calculations use diagrams with quark, gluon, and ghost lines.

• Quark modelNarrower topic: Unlike the classification model, QCD supplies the fundamental dynamics binding quarks into hadrons.

• Renormalization groupRelated: Its running coupling weakens at high energies, a behavior established through renormalization group analysis.

• Color chargeNarrower topic: Color charge is the source of the interaction described by this theory.

• Deep inelastic scatteringRelated: Its scale-dependent dynamics predict how parton distributions change with probe resolution.

• BaryonNarrower topic: It governs the forces binding quarks inside baryons.

• Quark–gluon plasmaNarrower topic: Its changing coupling with energy governs how quarks and gluons become deconfined.

• MesonNarrower topic: It describes the force that binds a meson's constituents.

• Grand Unified TheoryRelated: It supplies the strong-interaction sector that grand unification seeks to join with electroweak theory.

• Nuclear forceNarrower topic: It is the underlying theory from which the residual force ultimately emerges.

• Murray Gell-MannRelated: The quark model became part of the framework later formalized as the theory of the strong force.

• PionNarrower topic: Pion-mediated nuclear forces emerge from QCD’s interactions among quarks and gluons.

• Asymptotic freedomNarrower topic: Asymptotic freedom is a defining short-distance property of this theory.

• Color confinementNarrower topic: Its non-Abelian gauge dynamics produce the interactions that confine color charge.

• HadronizationNarrower topic: Its strong coupling at low energies makes hadronization impossible to calculate with ordinary perturbation theory.

• Lattice QCDNarrower topic: Lattice QCD numerically realizes this underlying theory rather than replacing it.

• Gauge bosonRelated: Its eight gluon fields mediate color interactions among quarks.

• Steven WeinbergRelated: Together with electroweak theory, it forms the other major sector of the Standard Model.

• TechnicolorRelated: Its confinement and chiral symmetry breaking inspired technicolor's proposed dynamics.

• Yang–Mills theoryBroader topic: It is the SU(3) Yang–Mills gauge theory at the core of the strong interaction.

• Charm quarkRelated: It governs the binding and production of charm quarks.

• Parton distribution functionNarrower topic: Its dynamics determine how parton content varies with the probing scale.

• Quantum fieldRelated: It applies quantum fields to the binding of quarks inside hadrons.

• Strong nuclear forceNarrower topic: The nuclear force is a residual effect of this underlying interaction.

• Top quarkRelated: It governs top-quark production and the strong radiation accompanying it.

• Heavy-ion collisionNarrower topic: It governs the matter and forces probed in heavy-ion collisions.

• Jet (particle physics)Narrower topic: Its interactions initiate showers that develop into jets.

• Neutron-star equation of stateNarrower topic: It underlies dense-matter physics, though its equations are difficult to solve at neutron-star densities.

• Strong CP problemNarrower topic: Its topology and quark masses produce the terms behind the puzzle.

• Bjorken scalingRelated: Its scale-dependent interactions produce predictable departures from exact scaling.

• Parton modelNarrower topic: It supplies the modern dynamics underlying the model's constituents.

• PETRARelated: PETRA's event shapes tested predictions of quantum chromodynamics at high energies.

• Relativistic Heavy Ion ColliderNarrower topic: It supplies the theory RHIC measurements test under extreme conditions.

• AntiquarkNarrower topic: It governs antiquark color interactions and their binding inside hadrons.

• AxionNarrower topic: The strong CP problem and axion coupling arise within this theory.

• November RevolutionRelated: Charmonium measurements helped establish QCD as the theory of hadronic binding.

• CharmoniumNarrower topic: It governs the binding and interactions of charmonium’s constituents.

• Electroweak theoryCompared with: It is a separate Standard Model gauge theory, not part of electroweak unification.

• Fundamental interactionBroader topic: Its color charge and gluon dynamics explain quark confinement and nuclear constituents.

• Strange quarkNarrower topic: It describes how strange quarks bind inside hadrons.