Hadrons and quark-gluon plasma /
Before matter as we know it emerged, the universe was filled with the primordial state of hadronic matter called quark-gluon plasma. This hot soup of quarks and gluons is effectively an inescapable consequence of our current knowledge about the fundamental hadronic interactions: quantum chromodynami...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | In English. |
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Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY :
Cambridge University Press,
2022.
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| Series: | Cambridge monographs on particle physics, nuclear physics, and cosmology ;
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Before matter as we know it emerged, the universe was filled with the primordial state of hadronic matter called quark-gluon plasma. This hot soup of quarks and gluons is effectively an inescapable consequence of our current knowledge about the fundamental hadronic interactions: quantum chromodynamics. This book covers the ongoing search to verify the prediction experimentally and discusses the physical properties of this novel form of matter. It begins with an overview of the subject, followed by a discussion of experimental methods and results. The second half of the book covers hadronic matter in confined and deconfined form, and strangeness as a signature of the quark-gluon phase. It is ideal as an introduction for graduate students, as well as providing a valuable reference for researchers already working in this and related fields. This title, first published in 2002, has been reissued as an Open Access publication on Cambridge Core. |
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| Item Description: | "First published 2002, reissued as OA 2022"--Title page verso. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| ISBN: | 9781009290753 1009290754 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/9781009290753 |