Extreme States of Matter in Strong Interaction Physics An Introduction /

• Main Author: Satz, Helmut (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2012.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Physics, 841
• Subjects: Physics.; Astrophysics.; Nuclear physics.; Heavy ions.; Hadrons.; Elementary particles (Physics).; Quantum field theory.; Statistical physics.; Dynamical systems.; Nuclear Physics, Heavy Ions, Hadrons.; Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory.; Statistical Physics, Dynamical Systems and Complexity.; Astrophysics and Astroparticles.

The thermodynamics of strongly interacting matter has become a profound and challenging area of modern physics, both in theory and in experiment. Statistical quantum chromodynamics, through analytical as well as numerical studies, provides the main theoretical tool, while in experiment, high-energy...

Table of Contents:

• The Analysis of Dense Matter
• The Physics of Complex Systems
• The Limits of Hadron Physics
• From Hadrons to Quarks
• Statistical Quantum Chromodyanamics
• Broken Symmetries
• The QCD Phase Diagram
• The Quark-Gluon Plasma
• The Little Bang
• Probing the Quark-Gluon Plasma
• The Fireball Paradigm
• The Event Horizon of Color Confinement
• Outlook.