1.

Record Nr.

UNISA996466822703316

Autore

Satz Helmut

Titolo

Extreme States of Matter in Strong Interaction Physics [[electronic resource] ] : An Introduction / / by Helmut Satz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2018

ISBN

3-319-71894-0

Edizione

[2nd ed. 2018.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XV, 288 p.)

Collana

Lecture Notes in Physics, , 0075-8450 ; ; 945

Disciplina

536.7

Soggetti

Nuclear physics

Heavy ions

Elementary particles (Physics)

Quantum field theory

Statistical physics

Dynamical systems

Astrophysics

Phase transformations (Statistical physics)

Condensed materials

Nuclear Physics, Heavy Ions, Hadrons

Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory

Complex Systems

Astrophysics and Astroparticles

Quantum Gases and Condensates

Statistical Physics and Dynamical Systems

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Dedication -- Preface to the 1st Edition -- Preface to the 2nd Edition -- 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 -- Fluids and Flow -- Outlook.



Sommario/riassunto

This book is a course-tested primer on the thermodynamics of strongly interacting matter – a profound and challenging area of both theoretical and experimental modern physics. Analytical and numerical studies of statistical quantum chromodynamics provide the main theoretical tool, while in experiments, high-energy nuclear collisions are the key for extensive laboratory investigations. As such, the field straddles statistical, particle and nuclear physics, both conceptually and in the methods of investigation used. The book addresses, above all, the many young scientists starting their scientific research in this field, providing them with a general, self-contained introduction that highlights the basic concepts and ideas and explains why we do what we do. Much of the book focuses on equilibrium thermodynamics: first it presents simplified phenomenological pictures, leading to critical behavior in hadronic matter and to a quark-hadron phase transition. This is followed by elements of finite temperature lattice QCD and an exposition of the important results obtained through the computer simulation of the lattice formulation. It goes on to clarify the relationship between the resulting critical behavior due to symmetry breaking/restoration in QCD, before turning to the QCD phase diagram. The presentation of bulk equilibrium thermodyamics is completed by studying the properties of the quark-gluon plasma as a new state of strongly interacting matter. The final chapters of the book are devoted to more specific topics that arise when nuclear collisions are considered as a tool for the experimental study of QCD thermodynamics. This second edition includes a new chapter on the hydrodynamic evolution of the medium produced in nuclear collisions. Since the study of flow for strongly interacting fluids has gained ever-increasing importance over the years, it is dealt with it in some detail, including comments on gauge/gravity duality. Moreover, other aspects of experimental studies are brought up to date, such as the search for critical behavior in multihadron production, the calibration of quarkonium production in nuclear collisions, and the relation between strangeness suppression and deconfinement.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910795052203321

Autore

Jobson Richard

Titolo

Nostalgia and the post-war Labour Party : prisoners of the past / / Richard Jobson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Manchester, UK : , : Manchester University Press, , 2018

©2018

ISBN

1-5261-3603-1

1-5261-1332-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (viii, 217 pages) : digital file(s)

Collana

Manchester University Press

Disciplina

324.24107

Soggetti

Politics

Political Parties

POLITICAL SCIENCE / Comparative Politics

Political parties

Electronic books.

Great Britain Politics and government 1945-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 2018.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 194-208) and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction - Labour, nostalgia and 'nostalgia-identity' -- 2. Revisionism and the battle over clause IV - 1951-63 -- 3. White heat and the Labour party  1963-70 -- 4. Labour's alternative economic strategy 1970-83 -- 5. Reinventing the Labour party 1983-92 -- 6. The New Labour era  1992-2010 -- 7. Back to the past? 2010 to the present -- 8. Conclusion

Sommario/riassunto

This book examines the impact that nostalgia has had on the Labour Party's political development since 1951. It argues that nostalgia has defined Labour's identity and determined the party's trajectory. Nostalgia has hindered policy discussion, determined the form and parameters of party modernisation, shaped internal conflict and cohesion and made it difficult for the party to adjust to socioeconomic changes. It has frequently left the party out of touch with the modern world. In this way, this study offers an assessment of Labour's failures to adapt to the changing nature of post-war Britain and will be of interest to both students and academics and to those with a more



general interest in Labour's history and politics.