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The Next Yukawa Phase of QCD at RHIC

Nuclear Theory 2009-10-09 v1

Abstract

QCD predicts the existence of a new partonic Yukawa phase above a critical temperature Tc150T_c\sim 150 MeV. I review some of the key observables which will be used in heavy ion reactions to search for this new phase at RHIC. Systematics of collective observables (Nch,E)N_{ch},E_\perp), flow patterns, meson interferometry, jet quenching, and J/ψJ/\psi suppression are discussed. This talk is updated with the first data from RHIC.

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@article{arxiv.nucl-th/0009073,
  title  = {The Next Yukawa Phase of QCD at RHIC},
  author = {Miklos Gyulassy},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:nucl-th/0009073},
  year   = {2009}
}

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18 pages, including 18 figures. Invited talk given at the 7th International Conference on Nucleus-Nucleus Collisions (NN2000), Strasbourg, 3-7 July 2000, to appear in the Proceedings in Nucl. Phys. A (W. Noerenberg, D. Guerreau, and V. Metag, editors)