Phase Structure of Strongly Interacting Matter

Jean Cleymans

ISBN 10: 3642878237 / ISBN 13: 9783642878237

Published by Springer Berlin Heidelberg Jun 2012, 2012

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This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The 6th Advanced Course in Theoretical Physics was held at the University of Cape Town, January 8-19, 1990. The topic of the course was 'Phase Structure of Strongly Interacting Matter'. There were ten invited speakers from overseas, each having up to six hours in which to present his field of research to a relatively small audience of about 50 participants. This allowed for the presentation of a broad, coherent and pedagogical review of the present status of the field. In addition there were several one-hour presentations by local participants. The main emphasis of the course was on the study of the properties of high density hot nuclear matter. This field is of particular interest because of the belief that a deconfined quark-gluon plasma could be created in such an environment when the temperature reaches about 200MeV. In the nuclear regime a so-called 'liquid-to-gas' phase transition is expected at a temperature of approximately 10- 20MeV. Both of these topics received ample attention at the school. Owing the nature of the field, there exists much overlapping interest from both the nuclear physics and high-energy particle physics communities. It is hoped that these proceedings will contribute to building a bridge between the two groups. 384 pp. Englisch.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Phase Structure of Strongly Interacting Matter
• Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg Jun 2012
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3642878237
• ISBN 13: 9783642878237
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 244W x 170H x 21D millimeters 244 millimeters width by 170 millimeters height by 21 millimeters depth
• Weight: 661 grams

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Synopsis

The pedagogically well-presented main contributions reflect the present states of research on strong inter- actions, especially phase structures, in nuclear and elementary particle physics. The book addresses researchers and graduate students.

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Phase Structure of Strongly Interacting Matter This volume deals with strong interactions in nuclear and elementary particle physics, especially the phase structure of nuclei and particles at finite temperatures and densities. Areas covered include phase transitions in nuclei at low temperatures, nuclear reactions at relativistic energies, perturbative quantum chromodynamics, and chiral symmetry. In addition to the survey lectures, the volume also contains topical papers directly related to the theme.