Observing quark-gluon plasma with strange hadrons

International Journal of Modern Physics E

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 107-147

  Letessier, Jean ^a   Rafelski, Johann ^b  

^a LPTHE   (France)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

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EID: 0034397467     PISSN: 02183013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218301300000076     Document Type: Review

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