Relativistic heavy-ion physics: Experimental overview

Pramana - Journal of Physics

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 577-592

  Tserruya, Itzhak ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Chiral symmetry restoration; Quark gluon plasma; Relativistic heavy ion collisions

Indexed keywords

COLLIDING BEAM ACCELERATORS; HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SYNCHROTRONS;

QUARK-GLUON PLASMA;

HEAVY IONS;

EID: 0037399078     PISSN: 03044289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02705160     Document Type: Conference Paper

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