Quark-Gluon Plasma: From Big Bang to Little Bang

by Kohsuke Yagi, Tetsuo Hatsuda, Yasuo Miake

This book introduces quark gluon-plasma (QGP) as a primordial matter composed of quarks and gluons, created at the time of the Big Bang. After a pedagogical introduction to gauge theories, various aspects of quantum chromodynamic phase transitions are illustrated in a self-contained manner. The cosmological approach and renormalization group are covered, as well as the cosmological and astrophysical implications of QGP, on the basis of Einstein's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521089247
• ISBN13: 9780521089241
• Release Date: October 2008
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 468 Pages
• Weight: 1.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.7" x 9.6"