Anomalons, honey, and glue in nuclear collisions

Conference · Wed Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 1982

OSTI ID:6445821

Gyulassy, M

In these lectures, selected topics in nuclear collisions in the energy range 10/sup -1/ to 10/sup 3/ GeV per nucleon are discussed. The evidence for anomalous projectile fragments with short mean free paths is presented. Theoretical speculations on novel topological nuclear excitation and on quark-nuclear complexes in connection with anomalons are discussed. Recent tests for pion field instabilities are presented. Then evidence for collective nuclear flow phenomena are reviewed. Global event analysis and cascade simulations are presented. We address the question of whether nuclear flow is like viscous honey. Finally, the criteria for the production of a quark-gluon plasma are discussed. Nuclear stopping power and longitudinal growth at high energies are considered. Results from cosmic ray data show that nuclear collision at TeV per nucleon energies are likely to product a plasma.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Berkeley Lab., CA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC03-76SF00098
• OSTI ID: 6445821
• Report Number(s): LBL-15267; CONF-820899-2; ON: DE83005932
• Resource Relation: Conference: Summer school on nuclear dynamics, Victoria, BC, Canada, 23 Aug 1982
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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COLLECTIVE EXCITATIONS
ENERGY DENSITY
FRAGMENTATION
GEV RANGE
GLUONS
MEV RANGE 100-1000
NUCLEAR FRAGMENTS
PION CONDENSATION
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QUARKS
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
ENERGY RANGE
ENERGY-LEVEL TRANSITIONS
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