2003/08/22 by C.P. Korthals Altes, Chris P. Korthals Altes, Altes, Chris P. Korthals
Computer Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Computational Physics and Python Applications #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph) #High-Energy Particle Collisions Research #Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions #hep-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.hep-ph/0308229
57 pages, 13 figures. lectures given at Erice summerschool, September 2002, and Zakopane Summerschool, June 2003
arxiv created 2003/08/22 · openalex publication_date 2003/08/22 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
These lectures start with a brief overview of salient features of the critical region of hot QCD. The main emphasis is on the accurate description of static plasma observables by the well-known hierarchy of reduced actions combined with 3D simulations above T∼ 2Tc. A striking pattern emerges, put in perspective by completing the quasi-particle picture