Lectures on Quark Matter

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Plessas, W. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Mathelitsch, L. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2002.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2002.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Physics, 583
• Subjects: Nuclear physics.; Heavy ions.; Astrophysics.; Nuclear Physics, Heavy Ions, Hadrons.; Astrophysics and Astroparticles.

This set of lectures deals with the transition from nuclear matter to quark matter. The reader will learn not only about the theory of quark-gluon plasmas but also how they are obtained in the laboratory through heavy-ion collisions or where they can be found in astrophysical objects such as compact...

Table of Contents:

• Quark Matter Production in Heavy-Ion Collisions
• Theory of High-Energy A+A at RHIC
• Dense Quark Matter in Compact Stars
• Theory of the Quark-Gluon Plasma
• Thermal Gauge Field Theories
• Lattice QCD at High Temperature and Density
• Nonperturbative Phenomena and Phases of QCD
• The Color Glass Condensate and Small-x Physics.