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Recent results from the CERN lead beam experiments: How close have we come to the quark-gluon plasma?

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Recent results from various heavy-ion SPS experiments are briefly discussed. Various observables, possibly affected by a quark-gluon plasma phase, are presented. Those data indicate strong interacting matter at the parton level and a thermalized system at the hadronic level. A short introduction into the future programs at RHIC and LHC is given.

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  1. SUBATECH - Ecole des Mines de Nantes, F-44070, Nantes Cedex 03, France

    H. H. Gutbrod, L. Luquin & V. Métivier

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Gutbrod, H.H., Luquin, L. & Métivier, V. Recent results from the CERN lead beam experiments: How close have we come to the quark-gluon plasma?. Il Nuovo Cimento A (1971-1996) 111, 921–932 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03035979

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