The search for the QGP: A critical appraisal

Authors
Satz, H
Citation
H. Satz, The search for the QGP: A critical appraisal, NUCL PH B-P, 94, 2001, pp. 204-218
Citations number
84
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
NUCLEAR PHYSICS B-PROCEEDINGS SUPPLEMENTS
ISSN journal
09205632 → ACNP
Volume
94
Year of publication
2001
Pages
204 - 218
Database
ISI
SICI code
0920-5632(200103)94:<204:TSFTQA>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
Over the past 15 years, an extensive program of high energy nuclear collisi ons at BNL and CERN has been devoted to the experimental search for the qua rk-gluon plasma predicted by QCD. The start of RHIC this year will increase the highest available collision energy by a factor 10. This seems a good t ime for a critical assessment: what have we learned so far and what can we hope to learn in the coming years?