2015/08/31 by Johann Rafelski · 3 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Context (archaeology) #Hadron #Hadronization #Heavy ion #High-Energy Particle Collisions Research #Ion #Nuclear physics #Particle physics #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #Phase transition #Physics #Plasma #Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions #Quark–gluon plasma #Signature (topology) #State of matter #Strange matter #Strange quark #Strangeness #Thermodynamics #hep-ex #hep-ph #nucl-ex #nucl-th #physics.hist-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.1140/epja/i2015-15114-0
published as Eur. Phys. J. A (2015) 51: 114 (and 115 and 116 for appendix/addenda) · Review with both scientific and historical contents: 84 EPJ pages, v2 in press at EPJ-A; the two appendices will be published as citable separate items
openalex publication_date 2015/09/01 · arxiv created 2015/09/16 · arxiv updated 2015/09/21 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
In the context of the Hagedorn temperature half-centenary I describe our understanding of the hot phases of hadronic matter both below and above the Hagedorn temperature. The first part of the review addresses many frequently posed questions about properties of hadronic matter in different phases, phase transition and the exploration of quark-gluon plasma (QGP). The historical context of the discovery of QGP is shown and the role of strangeness and strange antibaryon signature of QGP illustrated. In the second part I discuss the corresponding theoretical ideas and show how experimental results can be used to describe the properties of QGP at hadronization. The material of this review is complemented by two early and unpublished reports containing the prediction of the different forms of hadron matter, and of the formation of QGP in relativistic heavy ion collisions, including the discussion of strangeness, and in particular strange antibaryon signature of QGP.