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Searching for quark matter with dileptons and photons: From SPS to relativistic heavy-ion collider

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The heavy-ion programme at the CERN SPS, which started back in ’86, has produced a wealth of very interesting and intriguing results in the quest for the quark-gluon plasma. The highlights of the programme on dilepton and direct photon measurements are reviewed emphasizing the most recent results obtained in Pb-Pb collisions at 158 A GeV. Prospects from RHIC are discussed.

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Tserruya, I. Searching for quark matter with dileptons and photons: From SPS to relativistic heavy-ion collider. Pramana - J Phys 57, 271–283 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12043-001-0038-4

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