Table of Contents

Preface; 1. What is quark-gluon plasma; Part I. Basic Concept of Quark-Gluon Plasma: 2. Introduction to QCD; 3. Physics of quark-hadron phase transition; 4. Field theory at finite temperature; 5. Lattice gauge approach to QCD phase transitions; 6. Chiral phase transition; 7. Hadronic states in hot environment; Part II. QGP in Astrophysics: 8. QGP in the early universe; 9. Compact stars; Part III. QGP in Relativistic Heavy Ion Collisions: 10. Introduction to relativisitic heavy ion collisions; 11. Relativistic hydrodynamics for heavy ion collisions; 12. Transport theory for pre-equilibrium process; 13. Formation and evolution of QGP; 14. Fundamentals of QGP diagnostics; 15. Results from CERN-SPS experiments; 16. First results from the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC); 17. Detectors in relativistic heavy ion experiments; Appendices.

Promotional Information

Advanced text/reference on QGP and quantum chromodynamics covering both theory and experiments.

About the Author

Kohsuke Yagi is a professor at the Department of Liberal Arts, Urawa University. Tetsuo Hatsuda is a professor in the Department of Physics at the University of Tokyo. Yasuo Miake is Professor of Physics at the Institute of Physics, University of Tsukuba.