Quark-gluon plasma: Status of heavy ion physics

Pramana

R V Gavai¹ 

[1] Department of Theoretical Physics, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai 400 005, India$$

关键词: Quark-gluon plasma;    lattice QCD;    relativistic heavy ion collisions.;   

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学科分类：物理（综合）

来源: Indian Academy of Sciences

【 摘 要 】

Lattice quantum chromodynamics (QCD), defined on a discrete space–time lattice, leads to a spectacular non-perturbative prediction of a new state of matter, called quark-gluon plasma (QGP), at sufficiently high temperatures or equivalently large energy densities. The experimental programs of CERN, Geneva and BNL, New York of relativistic heavy ion collisions are expected to produce such energy densities, thereby providing us a chance to test the above prediction. After a brief introduction of the necessary theoretical concepts, I will present a critical review of the experimental results already obtained by the various experiments in order to examine whether QGP has already been observed by them.

【 授权许可】

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