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Informationen zum Autor Kohsuke Yagi is a professor at the Department of Liberal Arts, Urawa University. Klappentext Advanced text/reference on QGP and quantum chromodynamics covering both theory and experiments. Zusammenfassung This book covers the physics of QCD phase transitions from fundamentals to frontiers! discussing the theory and experiments! from little bang experiments on earth to the Big Bang universe and compact stars. A self-contained introduction! the book is suitable as a textbook for graduate courses as well as for researchers. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. What is quark-gluon plasma; Part I. Basic Concept of Quark-Gluon Plasma: 2. Introduction to QCD; 3. Physics of quark-hadron phase transition; 4. Field theory at finite temperature; 5. Lattice gauge approach to QCD phase transitions; 6. Chiral phase transition; 7. Hadronic states in hot environment; Part II. QGP in Astrophysics: 8. QGP in the early universe; 9. Compact stars; Part III. QGP in Relativistic Heavy Ion Collisions: 10. Introduction to relativisitic heavy ion collisions; 11. Relativistic hydrodynamics for heavy ion collisions; 12. Transport theory for pre-equilibrium process; 13. Formation and evolution of QGP; 14. Fundamentals of QGP diagnostics; 15. Results from CERN-SPS experiments; 16. First results from the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC); 17. Detectors in relativistic heavy ion experiments; Appendices.
