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The past decade has seen the development of the operational
understanding of fun damental interactions within the standard
model. This has detoured our attention from the great enigmas posed
by the dynamics and collective behavior of strongly interacting
particles. Discovered more than 30 years ago, the thermal nature of
the hadronic particle spectra has stimulated considerable
theoretical effort, which so far has failed to 'confirm' on the
basis of microscopic interactions the origins of this phenomenon.
However, a highly successful Statistical Bootstrap Model was
developed by Rolf Hagedorn at CERN about 30 years ago, which has
led us to consider the 'boiling hadronic matter' as a transient
state in the trans formation of hadronic particles into their
melted form which we call Quark-GIuon-Plasma (QGP). Today, we
return to seek detailed understanding of the thermalization
processes of hadronic matter, equipped on the theoretical side with
the knowledge of the fundamental strong interaction theory, the
quantum chromo-dynamics (QCD), and recognizing the im portant role
of the complex QCD-vacuum structure. On the other side, we have
developed new experimental tools in the form of nuclear
relativistic beams, which allow to create rather extended regions
in space-time of Hot Hadronic Matter. The confluence of these new
and recent developments in theory and experiment led us to gather
together from June 27 to July 1, 1994, at the Grand Hotel in
Divonne-Ies-Bains, France, to discuss and expose the open questions
and issues in our field.
Before matter as we know it emerged, the universe was filled with
the primordial state of hadronic matter called quark-gluon plasma.
This hot soup of quarks and gluons is effectively an inescapable
consequence of our current knowledge about the fundamental hadronic
interactions: quantum chromodynamics. This book covers the ongoing
search to verify the prediction experimentally and discusses the
physical properties of this novel form of matter. It begins with an
overview of the subject, followed by a discussion of experimental
methods and results. The second half of the book covers hadronic
matter in confined and deconfined form, and strangeness as a
signature of the quark-gluon phase. It is ideal as an introduction
for graduate students, as well as providing a valuable reference
for researchers already working in this and related fields. This
title, first published in 2002, has been reissued as an Open Access
publication on Cambridge Core.
Before matter as we know it emerged, the universe was filled with
the primordial state of hadronic matter called quark-gluon plasma.
This hot soup of quarks and gluons is effectively an inescapable
consequence of our current knowledge about the fundamental hadronic
interactions: quantum chromodynamics. This book covers the ongoing
search to verify the prediction experimentally and discusses the
physical properties of this novel form of matter. It begins with an
overview of the subject, followed by a discussion of experimental
methods and results. The second half of the book covers hadronic
matter in confined and deconfined form, and strangeness as a
signature of the quark-gluon phase. It is ideal as an introduction
for graduate students, as well as providing a valuable reference
for researchers already working in this and related fields. This
title, first published in 2002, has been reissued as an Open Access
publication on Cambridge Core.
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