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Excitations of the Quark- Gluon Plasma

Nuclear Theory 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

We will discuss the spectrum of the eta mesons making use of the Nambu-Jona-Lasinio (NJL) model supplemented with a model of confinement. We will go on to discuss the properties of mesons at finite temperature and the phenomenon of deconfinement. We will then discuss some excited states of the quark-gluon plasma calculated in lattice QCD models.These resonances are thought to be created in heavy-ion collisions.We consider the role these states play in leading to a hydrodynamic description of the plasma at early stages of its formation.

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@article{arxiv.nucl-th/0411011,
  title  = {Excitations of the Quark- Gluon Plasma},
  author = {C. M. Shakin and Huangsheng Wang and Qing Sun and Hu Li Xiangdong Li},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:nucl-th/0411011},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

24 Pages, 19 Figures. Invited talk presented by C. M. Shakin at "Physics of the Microworld: From Quarks to Nanostructures", NYSS A{S Symposium, Brooklyn, New Yrok, Oct. 15-16, 2004