Hadrons and quark-gluon plasma

Before matter as we know it emerged, the universe was filled with the primordial state of hadronic matter called quark-gluon plasma. This hot soup of quarks and gluons is effectively an inescapable consequence of our current knowledge about the fundamental hadronic interactions: quantum chromodynami...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Letessier, Jean, author (author), Rafelski, Johann, author
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press 2022.
Edición:First edition
Colección:Cambridge monographs on particle physics, nuclear physics and cosmology ; 18.
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Sumario:Before matter as we know it emerged, the universe was filled with the primordial state of hadronic matter called quark-gluon plasma. This hot soup of quarks and gluons is effectively an inescapable consequence of our current knowledge about the fundamental hadronic interactions: quantum chromodynamics. This book covers the ongoing search to verify the prediction experimentally and discusses the physical properties of this novel form of matter. It begins with an overview of the subject, followed by a discussion of experimental methods and results. The second half of the book covers hadronic matter in confined and deconfined form, and strangeness as a signature of the quark-gluon phase. It is ideal as an introduction for graduate students, as well as providing a valuable reference for researchers already working in this and related fields. This title, first published in 2002, has been reissued as an Open Access publication on Cambridge Core.
Notas:Reissued as Open Access in 2022. Originally published in 2002.
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 04 Nov 2022).
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xvi, 397 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
ISBN:9781009290753
Acceso:Open Access.