The Hispalensis Lectures on Nuclear Physics, Vol. 2 (Lecture Notes in Physics)
Contributors: Jose Miguel Arias (Editor); Manuel Lozano (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: March 24, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 328
ISBN-13: 9783540225126
Subjects: Nuclear structure physics; Science; Science/Mathematics; Nuclear Physics; Weights & Measures; Science / Nuclear Physics; Physics
First sentence: Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD), the theory of strong interactions (see [1] for a recent review), predicts a phase transition from a state of hadronic constituents to a plasma of deconfined quarks and gluons, as the energy density exceeds a critical value.