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Quark-Gluon Plasma - New Frontiers

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2008-11-26 v1

Abstract

As implied by organizers, this talk is not a conference summary but rather an outline of progress/challenges/``frontiers'' of the theory. Some fundamental questions addressed are: Why is sQGP such a good liquid? Do we understand (de)confinement and what do we know about ``magnetic'' objects creating it? Can we understand the AdS/CFT predictions, from the gauge theory side? Can they be tested experimentally? Can AdS/CFT duality help us understand rapid equilibration/entropy production? Can we work out a complete dynamical ``gravity dual'' to heavy ion collisions?

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@article{arxiv.0804.1373,
  title  = {Quark-Gluon Plasma - New Frontiers},
  author = {Edward Shuryak},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0804.1373},
  year   = {2008}
}

Comments

final talk at Quark Matter 2008, Jaipur, India, Feb.2008

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