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Physics of the Quark-Gluon Plasma

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Particle Production in Highly Excited Matter

Part of the book series: NATO ASI Series ((NSSB,volume 303))

Abstract

Central nuclear collisions at energies far above 1 GeV/nucleon may provide for conditions, where the transition from highly excited hadronic matter into quark matter or quark-gluon plasma can be probed. Here I review our current understanding of the physical properties of a quark-gluon plasma and review ideas about the nature of, and signals for, the deconfinement transition. I also give a detailed presentation of recent progress in the treatment of the formation of a thermalized state at the parton level.

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Müller, B. (1993). Physics of the Quark-Gluon Plasma. In: Gutbrod, H.H., Rafelski, J. (eds) Particle Production in Highly Excited Matter. NATO ASI Series, vol 303. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-2940-8_2

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