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This book offers the unique possibility of tackling the problem of hadronic deconfinement from different perspectives. After general introductions to the physical issues, from both the theoretical and the experimental point of view, the book presents the most recent expertise on field theory approaches to the QCD phase diagram, many-body techniques and applications, the dynamics of phase transitions, and phenomenological analysis of relativistic heavy ion collisions. One of the major goals of this book is to promote interchange among those fields of research, which have traditionally been cult

Quark-gluon plasma --- Heavy ion collisions --- Gluon-quark plasma --- Matter, Quark --- Plasma, Quark --- Quark matter --- Quark plasma --- Nuclear matter

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This is a review monograph on quark-gluon plasma (QGP). Different theoretical and experimental aspects of the program to produce QGP in relativistic heavy-ion collisions are covered by experts in the field. This is the third volume in a series on the subject, and the first such monograph to focus on the implications of the experimental results from RHIC, the relativistic heavy-ion collider at the National Brookhaven Laboratory. The review articles will be useful to experienced researchers as well as to graduate students entering the field.
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• Thermodynamics and In-Me

Quark-gluon plasma --- Heavy ion collisions --- Quantum chromodynamics --- Gluon-quark plasma --- Matter, Quark --- Plasma, Quark --- Quark matter --- Quark plasma --- Nuclear matter

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This thesis offers an excellent, comprehensive introduction to the physics of the quark–gluon plasma. It clearly explains the connection between theory and experiment, making the topic accessible to non-specialists in this field. The experimental work, which contributes significantly to our understanding of the quark–gluon plasma, is described in great detail. The results described in the final chapters of the thesis provide interesting new ideas about the connection between proton-proton and Pb-Pb collisions. Simone Schuchmann received the 'ALICE Thesis Award 2016' for this excellent work. .

Physics. --- Cosmology. --- Nuclear physics. --- Heavy ions. --- Hadrons. --- Nuclear Physics, Heavy Ions, Hadrons. --- Quark-gluon plasma. --- Gluon-quark plasma --- Matter, Quark --- Plasma, Quark --- Quark matter --- Quark plasma --- Nuclear matter --- Atomic nuclei --- Atoms, Nuclei of --- Nucleus of the atom --- Physics --- Astronomy --- Deism --- Metaphysics --- Ions

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This thesis contains new research in both experimental and theoretical particle physics, making important contributions in each. Two analyses of collision data from the ATLAS experiment at the LHC are presented, as well as two phenomenological studies of heavy coloured resonances that could be produced at the LHC. The first data analysis was the measurement of top quark-antiquark production with a veto on additional jet activity. As the first detector-corrected measurement of jet activity in top-antitop events it played an important role in constraining the theoretical modelling, and ultimately reduced these uncertainties for ATLAS's other top-quark measurements by a factor of two. The second data analysis was the measurement of Z+2jet production and the observation of the electroweak vector boson fusion (VBF) component. As the first observation of VBF at a hadron collider, this measurement demonstrated new techniques to reliably extract VBF processes and paved the way for future VBF Higgs measurements. The first phenomenological study developed a new technique for identifying the colour of heavy resonances produced in proton-proton collisions. As a by-product of this study an unexpected and previously unnoticed correlation was discovered between the probability of correctly identifying a high-energy top and the colour structure of the event it was produced in. The second phenomenological study explored this relationship in more detail, and could have important consequences for the identification of new particles that decay to top quarks.

Physics. --- Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory. --- Measurement Science and Instrumentation. --- Quantum theory. --- Physique --- Théorie quantique --- Physics --- Physical Sciences & Mathematics --- Atomic Physics --- Nuclear Physics --- Quantum chromodynamics. --- Quark-gluon plasma. --- Jets (Nuclear physics) --- Gluon-quark plasma --- Matter, Quark --- Plasma, Quark --- Quark matter --- Quark plasma --- Chromodynamics, Quantum --- QCD (Nuclear physics) --- Elementary particles (Physics). --- Quantum field theory. --- Physical measurements. --- Measurement. --- Nuclear matter --- Nuclear reactions --- Scattering (Physics) --- Particles (Nuclear physics) --- Quantum electrodynamics --- Quantum dynamics --- Quantum mechanics --- Quantum physics --- Mechanics --- Thermodynamics --- Measurement   . --- Measuring --- Mensuration --- Mathematics --- Technology --- Metrology --- Physical measurements --- Measurements, Physical --- Mathematical physics --- Measurement --- Relativistic quantum field theory --- Field theory (Physics) --- Quantum theory --- Relativity (Physics) --- Elementary particles (Physics) --- High energy physics --- Nuclear particles --- Nucleons --- Nuclear physics

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This thesis presents theoretical and numerical studies on phenomenological description of the quark–gluon plasma (QGP), a many-body system of elementary particles.   The author formulates a causal theory of hydrodynamics for systems with net charges from the law of increasing entropy and a momentum expansion method. The derived equation results can be applied not only to collider physics, but also to the early universe and ultra-cold atoms.   The author also develops novel off-equilibrium hydrodynamic models for the longitudinal expansion of the QGP on the basis of these equations. Numerical estimations show that convection and entropy production during the hydrodynamic evolution are key to explaining excessive charged particle production, recently observed at the Large Hadron Collider. Furthermore, the analyses at finite baryon density indicate that the energy available for QGP production is larger than the amount conventionally assumed.

Collisions (Nuclear physics). --- Heavy ions. --- Nuclear physics. --- Quark-gluon plasma. --- Physics --- Research. --- Physical research --- Physics research --- Gluon-quark plasma --- Matter, Quark --- Plasma, Quark --- Quark matter --- Quark plasma --- Physics. --- Thermodynamics. --- Astrophysics. --- Cosmology. --- Elementary particles (Physics). --- Quantum field theory. --- Particle and Nuclear Physics. --- Astrophysics and Astroparticles. --- Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics. --- Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory. --- Nuclear matter --- Quantum theory. --- Chemistry, Physical and theoretical --- Dynamics --- Mechanics --- Heat --- Heat-engines --- Quantum theory --- Quantum dynamics --- Quantum mechanics --- Quantum physics --- Thermodynamics --- Mathematical physics. --- Relativistic quantum field theory --- Field theory (Physics) --- Relativity (Physics) --- Elementary particles (Physics) --- High energy physics --- Nuclear particles --- Nucleons --- Nuclear physics --- Astronomy --- Deism --- Metaphysics --- Physical mathematics --- Astronomical physics --- Cosmic physics --- Atomic nuclei --- Atoms, Nuclei of --- Nucleus of the atom --- Mathematics