Written primarily for researchers and graduate students who are new in this emerging field, this book develops the necessary tools so that readers can follow the latest advances in this subject. Readers are first guided to examine the basic informations on nucleon-nucleon collisions and the use of the nucleus as an arena to study the interaction of one nucleon with another. A good survey of the relation between nucleon-nucleon and nucleus-nucleus collisions provides the proper comparison to study phenomena involving the more exotic quark-gluon plasma. Properties of the quark-gluon plasma and signatures for its detection are discussed to aid future searches and exploration for this exotic matter. Recent experimental findings are summarised.
Reviews"The book is very well written and I can recommend it to all graduate students and researchers interested in the field of RHICs." Horst Stocker J. Phys. G: Nucl. Part. Phys., 1996
Book InformationISBN 9789810202644
Author Cheuk-yin WongFormat Paperback
Page Count 532
Imprint World Scientific Publishing Co Pte LtdPublisher World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd