LEADER 04692nam 22007092 450 001 9910450644603321 005 20151005020621.0 010 $a1-107-11168-4 010 $a0-521-01823-4 010 $a1-280-41657-2 010 $a9786610416578 010 $a0-511-17657-0 010 $a0-511-01944-0 010 $a0-511-15746-0 010 $a0-511-32967-9 010 $a0-511-53499-X 010 $a0-511-05249-9 035 $a(CKB)1000000000006093 035 $a(EBL)201944 035 $a(OCoLC)475916307 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000166832 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11153191 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000166832 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10169835 035 $a(PQKB)11367803 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9780511534997 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC201944 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL201944 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10021928 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL41657 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000006093 100 $a20090429d2002|||| uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aHadrons and quark-gluon plasma /$fJean Letessier, Johann Rafelski$b[electronic resource] 210 1$aCambridge :$cCambridge University Press,$d2002. 215 $a1 online resource (xvi, 397 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 225 1 $aCambridge monographs on particle physics, nuclear physics, and cosmology ;$v18 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). 311 $a0-444-19614-5 311 $a0-521-38536-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 371-387) and index. 327 $tA new phase of matter? --$tMicro-bang and big-bang --$tEnergy and time scales --$tQuarks and gluons --$tThe hadronic phase transition in the early Universe --$tEntropy-conserving (isentropic) expansion --$tThe dynamic Universe --$tLooking for quark-gluon plasma: strangeness --$tOther probes of quark-gluon plasma --$tHadrons --$tBaryons and mesons --$tStrange hadrons --$tCharm and bottom in hadrons --$tThe vacuum as a physical medium --$tConfining vacuum in strong interactions --$tFerromagnetic vacuum --$tChiral symmetry --$tPhases of strongly interacting matter --$tThe expanding fireball and phase transformation --$tQGP and confined hadronic-gas phases --$tStatistical properties of hadronic matter --$tEquidistribution of energy --$tThe grand-canonical ensemble --$tIndependent quantum (quasi)particles --$tThe Fermi and Bose quantum gases --$tHadron gas --$tA first look at quark-gluon plasma --$tExperiments and analysis tools --$tNuclei in collision --$tHeavy-ion research programs --$tReaction energy and collision geometry --$tRapidity --$tPseudorapidity and quasirapidity --$tStages of evolution of dense matter --$tApproach to local kinetic equilibrium --$tThe approach to chemical equilibrium --$tUnderstanding collision dynamics --$tCascades of particles --$tRelativistic hydrodynamics --$tThe evolution of matter and temperature --$tLongitudinal flow of matter --$tEntropy and its relevance in heavy-ion collisions --$tEntropy and the approach to chemical equilibrium --$tEntropy in a glue-ball --$tMeasurement of entropy in heavy-ion collisions. 330 $aBefore matter as we know it emerged, the universe was filled with the primordial state of hadronic matter called quark-gluon plasma. This hot soup of quarks and gluons is effectively an inescapable consequence of our current knowledge about the fundamental hadronic interactions: quantum chromodynamics. This book covers the ongoing search to verify the prediction experimentally and discusses the physical properties of this novel form of matter. It begins with an overview of the subject, followed by discussion of experimental methods and results. The second half of the book covers hadronic matter in confined and deconfined form, and strangeness as a signature of the quark-gluon phase. Covering the basics as well as more advanced material, it is ideal as an introduction for graduate students, as well as providing a valuable reference for researchers already working in this and related fields. 410 0$aCambridge monographs on particle physics, nuclear physics, and cosmology ;$v18. 517 3 $aHadrons & Quark-Gluon Plasma 606 $aQuark-gluon plasma 606 $aHadrons 615 0$aQuark-gluon plasma. 615 0$aHadrons. 676 $a539.7/21 700 $aLetessier$b Jean$049352 702 $aRafelski$b Johann 801 0$bUkCbUP 801 1$bUkCbUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910450644603321 996 $aHadrons and quark-gluon plasma$92486162 997 $aUNINA