RHIC and the Quark Gluon Plasma
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One of the American Institute of Physics’s top stories of the year 2005 was the discovery of the quark gluon plasma at RHIC. In this paper, the basic theory of the quark gluon plasma is reviewed, and the experimental evidence from RHIC discussed.
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