2009/11/29 by Giorgio Torrieri, Torrieri, Giorgio
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Physics and Astronomy · #High-Energy Particle Collisions Research #High-pressure geophysics and materials #Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions #nucl-th #physics.pop-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.0911.5479
Proceedings of the Baikal School for theoretical physics, http://astronu.jinr.ru/school/index.html
arxiv created 2009/11/29 · arxiv updated 2009/12/08
We give a pedagogical introduction (suitable to upper level physics undergraduates) to the field of ultrarelativistic heavy ion collisions. We pay particular attention to our understanding of the thermodynamic and hydrodynamic properties of the matter created in heavy ion collisions at RHIC energies.