ar X iv : h ep - p h / 96 09 20 5 v 2 4 O ct 1 99 6 Back - reaction in the presence of thermalizing collisions

ar X iv : h ep - p h / 96 10 47 3 v 1 2 4 O ct 1 99 6 Inclusive Production of tt̄ Pairs in Hadronic Collisions ∗

We summarize our calculation of the total cross section for top quark production at hadron colliders within the context of perturbative quantum chromodynamics, including resummation of the effects of initial-state soft gluon radiation to all orders in the strong coupling strength.

ar X iv : h ep - t h / 96 10 09 4 v 1 1 4 O ct 1 99 6 RIMS - 1106 , DTP - 96 - 41 Boundary ABF Models

We diagonalise the transfer matrix of boundary ABF models using bosonized vertex operators. We compute the boundary S-matrix and check the scaling limit against known results for perturbed boundary conformal field theories.

ar X iv : h ep - p h / 96 10 51 6 v 1 2 8 O ct 1 99 6 Future Directions for QCD ∗

New directions for exploring QCD at future high-energy col-liders are sketched. These include jets within jets, BFKL dynamics , soft and hard diffraction, searches for disoriented chiral condensate, and doing a better job on minimum bias physics. The new experimental opportunities include electron-ion collisions at HERA, a new collider detector at the C0 region of the TeVatron, and the FELIX in...

ar X iv : h ep - t h / 96 10 18 5 v 1 2 3 O ct 1 99 6 A Functional Approach to the Heat Kernel in Curved Space

ar X iv : h ep - p h / 96 10 34 9 v 1 1 4 O ct 1 99 6 Electroweak Event Generators for LEP 2 and the Linear Collider ∗

I discuss the state of the art and outline direction for research in event generation for electroweak physics at LEP2 and e+e− Linear Colliders.