Physics of Relativistic Heavy Ion Collisions (SS 2016)
Course Information:
Offered as block course from 17th to 23rd of August
Aim of the Course:
Overview of the physics of (ultra-)relativistic heavy-ion collisions with emphasis on experimental results
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Themes:
- Introduction
- Kinematics
- Accelerators and the design of experiments
- Measurement of global observables and the Glauber Model
- Nucleon-Nucleon and Nucleus-Nucleus collisions
- Collective effects
- Measurement of hadron yields and the statistical model of particle production at chemical freeze-out
- Thermodynamics
- Chiral symmetry and the generation of mass
- Dilepton spectra at low mass and thermal photons
- The physics of charm
- Jets and high-momentum particles
- Wrap-up: questions, discussion of key points
Literature:
- F. Halzen and A.D. Martin, Quarks and leptons: an introductory course in modern particle physics, Wiley, 1984
- D. Perkins, Hochenergiephysik, Addison-Wesley, 1991
- E.M. Henley and A. Garcia, Subatomic Physics, World Scientific Publishing, 2007
- J. Rafelski and J. Letessier, “Hadrons and Quark-Gluon Plasma”, Cambridge University Press