Onset of deconfinement in nucleus-nucleus collisions: Review for pedestrians and experts

Acta Physica Polonica B

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 307-351

  Gazdzicki, Marek ^a,b   Gorenstein, Mark ^c,d   Seyboth, Peter ^b,e  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b JAN KOCHANOWSKI UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^c BOGOLYUBOV INSTITUTE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Ukraine)

^d FRANKFURT INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Germany)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PHYSIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECONFINEMENT; ENERGY THRESHOLDS; NUCLEUS-NUCLEUS COLLISION; QUARK-GLUON PLASMA; STATISTICAL MODELS;

EID: 79952027646     PISSN: 05874254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5506/APhysPolB.42.307     Document Type: Article

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