Evaluating results from the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider with perturbative QCD and hydrodynamics

Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 607-660

  Fries, R J ^a,b   Nonaka, C ^c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RIKEN BNL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Quantum chromodynamics; Quark gluon plasma; Relativistic heavy ion collisions; Relativistic hydrodynamics

Indexed keywords

COLLIDING BEAM ACCELERATORS; HYDRODYNAMICS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; QUANTUM THEORY;

PERTURBATION THEORY; PERTURBATIVE QUANTUM CHROMODYNAMICS; QUANTUM CHROMODYNAMICS; QUARK-GLUON PLASMA; RELATIVISTIC HEAVY ION COLLIDER; RELATIVISTIC HEAVY ION COLLISION; RELATIVISTIC HYDRODYNAMICS; THEORETICAL APPROACH;

HEAVY IONS;

EID: 79958148356     PISSN: 01466410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ppnp.2010.12.001     Document Type: Review

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