Hadrons and Quark-Gluon Plasma

This book provides an accessible introduction to the rapidly expanding field of hadronic interactions and quark gluon plasma.

About the author

Jean F. Letessier has been CNRS researcher at the University of Paris since 1978. Prior to that he worked at the Institut de Physique Nucleaire, Orsay where he obtained his thesis on Hyperon-Nucleon Interaction in 1970, under the direction of Prof. R. Vinh Mau, and was a teaching assistant at the University of Bordeaux. Since 1972 he has made numerous contributions to the research area of thermal particle production and applied mathematics.

Summary

This book provides an accessible introduction to the rapidly expanding field of hadronic interactions and the quark-gluon plasma. Covering the basics as well as more advanced material, it is ideal for graduate students as well as researchers already working in this and related fields.

Product details

• Authors: Jean Letessier, Johann Rafelski
• Assisted by: T. E. O. Ericson (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.01.2015
• EAN: 9780521385367
• ISBN: 978-0-521-38536-7
• No. of pages: 414
• Dimensions: 175 mm x 250 mm x 27 mm
• Weight: 890 g
• Series: Cambridge Monographs on Partic
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Atomic physics, nuclear physics