# Hybrid Hadronization

## TL;DR

Hybrid Hadronization is a new model that combines string fragmentation and quark recombination to better describe hadronization across different parton system densities, implemented as a software package compatible with PYTHIA 8.

## Contribution

It introduces a hybrid hadronization model that interpolates between existing models and provides a practical software implementation for the community.

## Key findings

- Preliminary results demonstrate the model's effectiveness.
- The software package is compatible with PYTHIA 8.
- The model bridges dilute and dense parton system descriptions.

## Abstract

We discuss Hybrid Hadronization, a hadronization model which interpolates between string fragmentation in dilute parton systems and quark recombination in dense parton systems. We lay out the basic principles, discuss some details of the implementation, and show some prelimiary results. Hybrid Hadronization is realized as a software package which works with PYTHIA 8 and will be released publicly in the near future.