Hadrons and Quark Gluon Plasma

Jean Letessier, Johann Rafelski

398 pages, parution le 24/05/2002

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Résumé

Before matter as we know it emerged, the universe was filled with the primordial state of hadronic matter called quark–gluon plasma. This hot soup of quarks and gluons is effectively an inescapable consequence of our current knowledge about the fundamental hadronic interactions: quantum chromodynamics. This book covers the ongoing search to verify the prediction experimentally and discusses the physical properties of this novel form of matter. It begins with an overview of the subject, followed by discussion of experimental methods and results. The second half of the book covers hadronic matter in confined and deconfined form, and strangeness as a signature of the quark–gluon phase. Covering the basics as well as more advanced material, it is ideal as an introduction for graduate students, as well as providing a valuable reference for researchers already working in this and related fields.

Contents

Part I. A New Phase of Matter?
1. Micro-bang and big bang
2. Hadrons
3. The Vacuum as a physical medium
4. Statistical properties of hadronic matter

Part II. Analysis Tools and Experiments
5. Nuclei in collision
6. Understanding collision dynamics
7. Entropy and its relevance in heavy ion collisions

Part III. Particle Production
8. Particle spectra
9. Highlights of hadron production

Part IV. Hot Hadronic Matter
10. Relativistic gas
11. First look at hadronic gas
12. Hagedorn gas

Part V. QCD, Hadronic Structure and High Temperature
13. Hadronic structure and quantum chromodynamics
14. Perturbative QCD
15. Lattice quantum chromodynamics
16. Perturbative quark-gluon plasma

Part VI. Strangeness
17. Thermal flavor production in deconfined phase
18. Strangeness background
19. Hadron freeze-out analysis.

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	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Cambridge University Press
Auteur(s)	Jean Letessier, Johann Rafelski
Parution	24/05/2002
Nb. de pages	398
Format	18 x 25,5
Couverture	Relié
Poids	870g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780521385367
ISBN13	978-0-521-38536-7