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Probes of the quark-gluon plasma as it might be produced in ultra-relativistic nuclear collisions

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The energy densities which might be achieved in ultrarelativistic nuclear collisions are discussed. Using these estimates, promising probes of a quark-gluon plasma as it might be produced in such collisions are reviewed. I discuss in detail the emission of photons and di-leptons. The consequences of hydrodynamic expansion and a first order phase transition are explored for the transverse momentum spectrum of hadrons. Fluctuations in the rapidity distribution of hadrons are also discussed as a possible signal for a first order phase transition. The possibilty that copious production of strange particles may signal the production of a quark-gluon plasma is critically assessed.

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McLerran, L. (1985). Probes of the quark-gluon plasma as it might be produced in ultra-relativistic nuclear collisions. In: Kajantie, K. (eds) Quark Matter '84. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 221. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-15183-4_22

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