LEADER 04168nam 2200613Ia 450 001 9910133753603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9783642239083 010 $a3642239080 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-642-23908-3 035 $a(CKB)3360000000365778 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000666093 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11393120 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000666093 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10647026 035 $a(PQKB)10003992 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-642-23908-3 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3070442 035 $z(PPN)25884616X 035 $a(PPN)168309424 035 $a(EXLCZ)993360000000365778 100 $a20120327d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn|008mamaa 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aExtreme states of matter in strong interaction physics $ean introduction /$fHelmut Satz 205 $a1st ed. 2012. 210 $aHeidelberg ;$aNew York $cSpringer$dc2012 215 $a1 online resource (XIII, 239 p. 116 illus., 20 illus. in color.) 225 1 $aLecture notes in physics,$x0075-8450 ;$vv. 841 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 08$a9783642239076 311 08$a3642239072 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aThe 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. 330 $aThe thermodynamics of strongly interacting matter has become a profound and challenging area of modern physics, both in theory and in experiment. Statistical quantum chromodynamics, through analytical as well as numerical studies, provides the main theoretical tool, while in experiment, high-energy nuclear collisions are the key for extensive laboratory investigations. The field therefore straddles statistical, particle and nuclear physics, both conceptually and in the methods of investigation used.  This course-tested primer addresses above all the many young scientists starting their scientific research in this field, providing them with a general, self-contained introduction that emphasizes in particular the basic concepts and ideas, with the aim of explaining why we do what we do.  To achieve this goal, the present text concentrates mainly on equilibrium thermodynamics: first, the fundamental ideas of strong interaction thermodynamics are introduced and then the main concepts and methods used in the study of the physics of complex systems are summarized. Subsequently, simplified phenomenological pictures, leading to critical behavior in hadronic matter and to hadron-quark phase transitions are introduced, followed by elements of finite-temperature lattice QCD leading to the important results obtained in computer simulation studies of the lattice approach. Next, the relation of the resulting critical behavior to symmetry breaking/restoration in QCD is clarified before the text turns to the study of the QCD phase diagram. The presentation of bulk equilibrium thermodynamics is completed by studying the properties of the quark-gluon plasma as new state of strongly interacting matter.The final chapters of the book are devoted to more specific topics which arise when nuclear collisions are considered as a tool for the experimental study of QCD thermodynamics. 410 0$aLecture notes in physics ;$v841. 606 $aThermodynamic equilibrium 606 $aQuantum chromodynamics 606 $aStrong interactions (Nuclear physics) 615 0$aThermodynamic equilibrium. 615 0$aQuantum chromodynamics. 615 0$aStrong interactions (Nuclear physics) 676 $a539.7548 700 $aSatz$b H$01061823 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910133753603321 996 $aExtreme states of matter in strong interaction physics$94192116 997 $aUNINA