The Phase Diagram of QCD

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dc.creatorHands, Simon
dc.date2001-05-08
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dc.descriptionI use simple thermodynamic reasoning to argue that at temperatures of order a trillion kelvin, QCD, the theory which describes strongly interacting particles such as protons and neutrons under normal conditions, undergoes a phase transition to a plasma of more elementary constituents called quarks and gluons. I review what is known about the plasma phase both from theoretical calculations and from experiments involving the collisions of large atomic nuclei moving at relativistic speeds. Finally I consider the behaviour of nuclear material under conditions of extreme density, and discuss possible exotic phenomena such as quark matter and color superconductivity.
dc.descriptionArticle for final year undergraduate physicists, to appear in "Contemporary Physics". 34 pages, 13 figures
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0105022
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0105022
dc.identifierContemp.Phys.42:209-225,2001
dc.identifierdoi:10.1080/00107510110063843
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/179551
dc.subjectPhysics Education
dc.subjectPopular Physics
dc.titleThe Phase Diagram of QCD
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