The String Model for Ultrarelativistic Nuclear Scattering

Abstract

We review basic theoretical concepts to describe nuclear collisions at ultrarelativistic energies. We discuss relativistic strings, Gribov--Regge theory (GRT) of hadronic interactions and string models based on GRT, and finally generalizations to nucleus--nucleus scattering. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Invited Lecture at the `` International School--Workshop on Relativistic Heavy Ion Physics'', Prague, Czech Republic, Sept. 19-23, 1994

Comments: Complete paper enclosed as postscript file (uuencoded)