Quantum Chromodynamics and the Theory of Superdense Matter

1980
88 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Rept. 61 (1980) 71-158

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Abstract: (Elsevier)
At high enough density and/or temperature ordinary matter undergoes a transition into a plasma-like phase, consisting of quarks and gluons rather than of separate hadrons. Due to asymptotic freedom, the asymptotic properties of such matter can be calculated perturbatively, while in the discussion of phase transitions one should concentrate on nonperturbative effects. Recent progress in this theory is reviewed, as well as its applications to such topics as hadronic structure, neutron stars, high energy collisions of hadrons, etc.
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  • REVIEW
  • QUANTUM CHROMODYNAMICS: PERTURBATION THEORY
  • FIELD THEORY: CRITICAL PHENOMENA
  • N: MATTER
  • ASTROPHYSICS
  • HADRON NUCLEUS: INTERACTION
  • INTERACTION: HADRON NUCLEUS
  • MODEL: INTERACTION
  • INTERACTION: MODEL