Physics and signatures of the Quark-Gluon Plasma. First results from the Relativistic Heavy-Ion Collider


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Overview

QCD properties

QCD at finite T and \rho

QCD thermodynamics (on the lattice*)

And also ...

High-energy heavy-ion collisions

Relativistic Heavy-Ion Collider (RHIC) @ BNL

First collisions at RHIC

Experimental Setup: PHENIX @ RHIC

Comparing to what ? Baseline pp & pA observables

Global observables

Large cross-section probes (I)

Large cross-section probes (II)

Small cross-section (penetrating) probes (I)

Small cross-section (penetrating) probes (II)

Highlights from CERN-SPS (I)

Highlights from CERN-SPS (II)

PHENIX @ RHIC (Year-1 configuration)

Energy density [PRL 87, 52301 (2001)]

Particle multiplicity & ET vs. centrality [PRL 86, 3500 (2001)]

Elliptic collective flow (v2)

Net baryon density at midrapidity

h±,\pi0 high-pT spectra: peripheral vs. central colls. [PRL 87, 26xxxx (2001)]

Central high-pT spectra. Role of "known" nuclear effects.

Hadrons transverse momentum spectra

Large Hadron Collider (LHC) @ CERN

ALICE @ LHC

HI physics at the LHC

Summary (I)

Summary (II)

Author: David d'Enterria

E-mail: enterria@in2p3.fr

Homepage: http://www.phenix.bnl.gov/~enterria

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