We study J/[psi] production at RHIC and LHC energies with both initial production and regeneration. We solve the coupled set of transport equation for the J/[psi] distribution in phase space and the hydrodynamic equation for evolution of quark-gluon plasma. At RHIC, continuous regeneration is crucial for the J/[psi] momentum distribution while the elliptic flow is still dominated by initial production. At LHC energy, almost all the initially created J/[psi]s are dissociated in the medium and regeneration dominates the J/[psi] properties.

This third book on Quark-Gluon plasma and heavy ion collisions follows the previous ones, published in 1988 and 2005, that described theoretical proposals for a large program, and then the QGP discovery at RHIC.The present one describes the rather mature field, with extensive program at RHIC and LHC colliders and corresponding theory. QGP turns out to be a strongly coupled medium made up of quarks and gluons, existing in exploding fireballs. It is the hottest form of matter created in a laboratory. Other subjects discussed in the book are QCD vacuum structure, including topological solitons and nonperturbative phenomena. It also includes some recent progress in theory of hadrons, bridging hadronic spectroscopy with partonic observables.

Dramatic progress has been made in all branches of physics since the National Research Council's 1986 decadal survey of the field. The Physics in a New Era series explores these advances and looks ahead to future goals. The series includes assessments of the major subfields and reports on several smaller subfields, and preparation has begun on an overview volume on the unity of physics, its relationships to other fields, and its contributions to national needs. Nuclear Physics is the latest volume of the series. The book describes current activity in understanding nuclear structure and symmetries, the behavior of matter at extreme densities, the role of nuclear physics in astrophysics and cosmology, and the instrumentation and facilities used by the field. It makes recommendations on the resources needed for experimental and theoretical advances in the coming decade.

This is a review volume containing articles written by experts on current theoretical topics in the subject of Quark-Gluon Plasma created in heavy-ion collisions at high energy. It is the fourth volume in the series with the same title sequenced numerically. The articles are written in a pedagogical style so that they can be helpful to a wide range of researchers from graduate students to mature physicists who have not worked previously on the subject. A reader should be able to learn from the reviews without having extensive knowledge of the background literature.

There are two scientific theories that, taken together, explain the entire universe. The first, which describes the force of gravity, is widely known: Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity. But the theory that explains everything else—the Standard Model of Elementary Particles—is virtually unknown among the general public. In The Theory of Almost Everything, Robert Oerter shows how what were once thought to be separate forces of nature were combined into a single theory by some of the most brilliant minds of the twentieth century. Rich with accessible analogies and lucid prose, The Theory of Almost Everything celebrates a heretofore unsung achievement in human knowledge—and reveals the sublime structure that underlies the world as we know it.

The State of Physics, 1987; The Roles of Government; The Role of Industry: Knowledge and Skills; International Space Science; Physics at the Edge of the Earth; The Scanning Tunneling Microscope: Science and a New Era of Microtechnology; Artificially Structured Materials; Phases and Phase Transitions in Less Than Three Dimensions; The Fractional quantum Hall Effect; Modern High-Temperature Superconductivity; Superconductivity and its Applications (Modern and Traditional Approaches);Physics and Biology; Physics and the Information Age; Towards the Limits of Precision ad Accuracy in Measurement; High-Temperature Plasma Physics; Frontiers of Atomic Physics; Quarks and Gluons in Nuclear and Particle Physics; Particle Physics Beyond 1 TeV.