2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/197621We discuss three different cases of hard inclusive spectra in proton-proton collisions: high $p_T$ single hadron production at $\sqrt{s}\approx$ 20 GeV and at $\sqrt{s}$ = 62.4 GeV, and direct photon production at $\sqrt{s}$ = 200 GeV; with regard to their relevance for the search of Quark Gluon Plasma signals in A+A collisions at SPS and RHIC energies.Proceeds. Hot Quarks 2004 Int. Workshop on the Physics of Ultrarelativistic Nucleus-Nucleus Collisions. 26 pages. 26 figs. [minor corrs., refs. added]Nuclear ExperimentHigh Energy Physics - ExperimentNuclear TheoryRelevance of baseline hard proton-proton spectra for high-energy nucleus-nucleus physicstext