2001/04/24 by Edward V. Shuryak
Physics and Astronomy · #hep-ph
published as Lect.Notes Phys. 583 (2002) 251-290 · Lectures in Schladming winter school 2001, 40 pages
arxiv created 2001/04/24 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30
Lectures discuss applications of semiclassical methods based on instantons to vacuum structure (chiral symmetry breaking), hadronic structure (various correlation functions), and high energy collisions of hadrons and heavy ions. We discuss phase diagram of hot/dense hadronic matter, and in the last lecture review current puzzles/lesons from the first RHIC run in summer of 2000.