Hard probes of the quark-gluon plasma

Relativistic heavy ion collisions aim to study the quark-gluon plasma, a hot and dense state of matter in which quarks and gluons, which are the elementary constituents of nuclei, are set free from the forces that normally confine them. Because of the very short lifetime of the produced pla...

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Main Author: Caron-Huot, Simon
Other Authors: Guy Moore (Internal/Supervisor)
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: McGill University 2009
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Online Access:http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=66892