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Status of the quark gluon plasma search

  • Proceedings Of The DAE-BRNS Ninth Workshop On High Energy Physics Phenomenology (WHEPP-9)—Part-II
  • Working Group 4: Quantum Chromodynamics And Quark Gluon Plasma
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A selection of results are discussed that support the conclusion that strongly interacting quark gluon plasma is produced in heavy-ion collisions at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider at BNL.

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Awes, T.C. Status of the quark gluon plasma search. Pramana - J Phys 67, 915–925 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12043-006-0102-1

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