Holographic phase diagram of quark-gluon plasma formed in heavy-ion collisions

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2012, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Aref'eva, I Ya ^a   Bagrov, A A ^a,b   Pozdeeva, E O ^c  

^a STEKLOV MATHEMATICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITEIT LEIDEN   (Netherlands)

^c MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Gauge gravity correspondence; Holography and quark gluon plasmas

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861798610     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP05(2012)117     Document Type: Article

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