2008/03/11 by Helmut Satz · 18 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Gluon #High-Energy Particle Collisions Research #Particle physics #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #Physics #Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions #Quark #Quark–gluon plasma #Thermodynamics #hep-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.1007/978-3-642-02286-9_1
published in Lecture notes in physics, 1-21 (Springer Science+Business Media) · 19 pages, 21 figures; lecture given at the QGP Winter School, Jaipur/India, Feb.1-3, 2008; to appear in Springer Lecture Notes in Physics
arxiv created 2008/03/11 · openalex publication_date 2009/01/01 · arxiv updated 2015/05/12 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
This is an introduction to the study of strongly interacting matter. We survey its different possible states and discuss the transition from hadronic matter to a plasma of deconfined quarks and gluons. Following this, we summarize the results provided by lattice QCD finite temperature and density, and then investigate the nature of the deconfinement transition. Finally we give a schematic overview of possible ways to study the properties of the quark-gluon plasma.