Quark - gluon plasma
Jun, 19988 pages
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- Acta Phys.Polon.B 29 (1998) 3711
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Abstract:
An elementary introduction to the physics of quark-gluon plasma is given. We start with a sketchy presentation of the Quantum Chromodynamics which is the fundamental theory of strong interactions. The structure of hadrons built up of quarks and gluons is briefly discussed with a special emphasis on the confinement hypothesis. Then, we explain what is the quark-gluon plasma and consider why and when the hadrons can dissolve liberating the quarks and gluons. The heavy-ion collisions at high-energies, which provide a unique opportunity to get a droplet of the quark-gluon plasma in the terrestrial conditions, are described. We also consider the most promising experimental signatures of the quark-gluon plasma produced in nucleus-nucleus collisions. At the end, the perspectives of the quark-gluon plasma studies at the future accelerators are mentioned.Note:
- 7 pages, 5 figures Journal-ref: Acta Phys. Pol. B29 (1998) 3711
- lectures: Zakopane 1998/06/01
- quark gluon: plasma
- quantum chromodynamics
- hadron: model
- quark: confinement
- scattering: heavy ion
- critical phenomena
- strangeness: production
- J/psi(3100)
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