Ebook: The Physics of the Quark-Gluon Plasma: Introductory Lectures
- Tags: Nuclear Physics Heavy Ions Hadrons, Elementary Particles Quantum Field Theory, Quantum Field Theories String Theory
- Series: Lecture Notes in Physics 785
- Year: 2010
- Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
- Edition: 1
- Language: English
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The aim of this book is to offer to the next generation of young researchers a broad and largely self-contained introduction to the physics of heavy ion collisions and the quark-gluon plasma, providing material beyond that normally found in the available textbooks.
For each of the main aspects - QCD thermodynamics and global features of the QGP, collision hydrodynamics, electromagnetic probes, jet and quarkonium production, color glass condensate, and the gravity connection - the present volume provides extensive and pedagogical lectures, surveying the present status of both theory and experiment.
A particular feature of this volume is that all lectures have been written with the active assistance of selected students present at the course in order to ensure the adequate level and coverage for the intended readership.
The aim of this book is to offer to the next generation of young researchers a broad and largely self-contained introduction to the physics of heavy ion collisions and the quark-gluon plasma, providing material beyond that normally found in the available textbooks.
For each of the main aspects - QCD thermodynamics and global features of the QGP, collision hydrodynamics, electromagnetic probes, jet and quarkonium production, color glass condensate, and the gravity connection - the present volume provides extensive and pedagogical lectures, surveying the present status of both theory and experiment.
A particular feature of this volume is that all lectures have been written with the active assistance of selected students present at the course in order to ensure the adequate level and coverage for the intended readership.
The aim of this book is to offer to the next generation of young researchers a broad and largely self-contained introduction to the physics of heavy ion collisions and the quark-gluon plasma, providing material beyond that normally found in the available textbooks.
For each of the main aspects - QCD thermodynamics and global features of the QGP, collision hydrodynamics, electromagnetic probes, jet and quarkonium production, color glass condensate, and the gravity connection - the present volume provides extensive and pedagogical lectures, surveying the present status of both theory and experiment.
A particular feature of this volume is that all lectures have been written with the active assistance of selected students present at the course in order to ensure the adequate level and coverage for the intended readership.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-ix
The Thermodynamics of Quarks and Gluons....Pages 1-21
Global Properties of Nucleus–Nucleus Collisions....Pages 23-103
Two Introductory Lectures on High-Energy QCD and Heavy-Ion Collisions....Pages 105-137
Hydrodynamics and Flow....Pages 139-178
An Introduction to the Spectral Analysis of the QGP....Pages 179-197
Quarkonium Production and Absorption in Proton-Nucleus collisions....Pages 199-218
Electromagnetic Probes....Pages 219-264
Measuring Dimuons Produced in Proton–Nucleus Collisions with the NA60 Experiment at the SPS....Pages 265-284
High-pT Hadron Suppression and Jet Quenching....Pages 285-339
In Search of the QCD–Gravity Correspondence....Pages 341-369
The aim of this book is to offer to the next generation of young researchers a broad and largely self-contained introduction to the physics of heavy ion collisions and the quark-gluon plasma, providing material beyond that normally found in the available textbooks.
For each of the main aspects - QCD thermodynamics and global features of the QGP, collision hydrodynamics, electromagnetic probes, jet and quarkonium production, color glass condensate, and the gravity connection - the present volume provides extensive and pedagogical lectures, surveying the present status of both theory and experiment.
A particular feature of this volume is that all lectures have been written with the active assistance of selected students present at the course in order to ensure the adequate level and coverage for the intended readership.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-ix
The Thermodynamics of Quarks and Gluons....Pages 1-21
Global Properties of Nucleus–Nucleus Collisions....Pages 23-103
Two Introductory Lectures on High-Energy QCD and Heavy-Ion Collisions....Pages 105-137
Hydrodynamics and Flow....Pages 139-178
An Introduction to the Spectral Analysis of the QGP....Pages 179-197
Quarkonium Production and Absorption in Proton-Nucleus collisions....Pages 199-218
Electromagnetic Probes....Pages 219-264
Measuring Dimuons Produced in Proton–Nucleus Collisions with the NA60 Experiment at the SPS....Pages 265-284
High-pT Hadron Suppression and Jet Quenching....Pages 285-339
In Search of the QCD–Gravity Correspondence....Pages 341-369
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