The exploration of hot nuclear matter
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Jacak, BV; Müller, B
Published in: Science
July 20, 2012
When nuclear matter is heated beyond 2 trillion degrees, it becomes a strongly coupled plasma of quarks and gluons. Experiments using highly energetic collisions between heavy nuclei have revealed that this new state of matter is a nearly ideal, highly opaque liquid. A description based on string theory and black holes in five dimensions has made the quark-gluon plasma an archetypical strongly coupled quantum system. Open questions about the structure and theory of the quark-gluon plasma are under active investigation. Many of the insights are also relevant to ultracold fermionic atoms and strongly correlated condensed matter.
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1095-9203
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0036-8075
Publication Date
July 20, 2012
Volume
337
Issue
6092
Start / End Page
310 / 314
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- General Science & Technology
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Jacak, B. V., & Müller, B. (2012). The exploration of hot nuclear matter. Science, 337(6092), 310–314. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1215901
Jacak, B. V., and B. Müller. “The exploration of hot nuclear matter.” Science 337, no. 6092 (July 20, 2012): 310–14. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1215901.
Jacak BV, Müller B. The exploration of hot nuclear matter. Science. 2012 Jul 20;337(6092):310–4.
Jacak, B. V., and B. Müller. “The exploration of hot nuclear matter.” Science, vol. 337, no. 6092, July 2012, pp. 310–14. Scopus, doi:10.1126/science.1215901.
Jacak BV, Müller B. The exploration of hot nuclear matter. Science. 2012 Jul 20;337(6092):310–314.
Published In
Science
DOI
EISSN
1095-9203
ISSN
0036-8075
Publication Date
July 20, 2012
Volume
337
Issue
6092
Start / End Page
310 / 314
Related Subject Headings
- General Science & Technology