Markus H Thoma 2005 J. Phys. G: Nucl. Part. Phys. 31 L7 doi:10.1088/0954-3899/31/1/L02
Markus H Thoma
Show affiliationsThe quark–gluon plasma close to the critical temperature is a strongly interacting system. Using strongly coupled, classical, non-relativistic plasmas as an analogy, we argue that the quark–gluon plasma (QGP) is in the liquid phase. This allows us to understand experimental observations in ultrarelativistic heavy-ion collisions and to interpret lattice QCD results. It also supports the indications of the presence of a strongly coupled QGP in ultrarelativistic heavy-ion collisions.
25.75.Nq Quark deconfinement, quark–gluon plasma production, and phase transitions
Issue 1 (January 2005)
Received 9 October 2004
Published 17 December 2004
A Corrigendum for this article has been published in 2005 J. Phys. G: Nucl. Part. Phys. 31 539
Markus H Thoma 2005 J. Phys. G: Nucl. Part. Phys. 31 L7
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