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We review some basic concepts of relativistic heavy-ion physics and discuss our understanding of some key results from the experimental program at the relativistic heavy-ion collider (RHIC). We focus in particular on the early time dynamics of nuclear collisions, some result from lattice QCD, hard probes and photons.

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  1. Cyclotron Institute and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Texas A&M University, 3366 TAMU, College Station, TX, 77845, USA

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  2. Physics Department, RIKEN/BNL Research Center, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, 11973-5000, USA

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Fries, R.J. High energy nuclear collisions: Theory overview. Pramana - J Phys 75, 235–245 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12043-010-0112-x

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