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States of Strongly Interacting Matter
Author(s) -
Satz Helmut
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
fortschritte der physik
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.469
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1521-3978
pISSN - 0015-8208
DOI - 10.1002/1521-3978(200205)50:5/7<541::aid-prop541>3.0.co;2-v
Subject(s) - physics , quark–gluon plasma , qcd matter , hadron , particle physics , strange matter , state of matter , phase transition , quantum chromodynamics , plasma , nuclear matter , nuclear physics , condensed matter physics , nucleon
Abstract I discuss the phase structure of strongly interacting matter at high temperatures and densities, as predicted by statistical QCD, and consider in particular the nature of the transition of hot hadronic matter to a plasma of deconfined quarks and gluons.