The scattering of the heavy ion Ne from NaF is analyzed at relativistic energy. The spectra of the emission fragments are studied for evidence of a thermodynamic-hydrodynamic collective motion. The spectra of pion, deuteron, and proton emission are fitted for fixed beam and target. The fit is consistent with an interpretation of an expanding hot fluid of interacting nucleons. 2 figures.

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This book is designed for advanced undergraduate and graduate students in high energy heavy-ion physics. It is relevant for students who will work on topics being explored at RHIC and the LHC. In the first part, the basic principles of these studies are covered including kinematics, cross sections (including the quark model and parton distribution functions), the geometry of nuclear collisions, thermodynamics, hydrodynamics and relevant aspects of lattice gauge theory at finite temperature. The second part covers some more specific probes of heavy-ion collisions at these energies: high mass thermal dileptons, quarkonium and hadronization. The second part also serves as extended examples of concepts learned in the previous part. Both parts contain examples in the text as well as exercises at the end of each chapter.- Designed for students and newcomers to the field- Focuses on hard probes and QCD- Covers all aspects of high energy heavy-ion physics- Includes worked example problems and exercises

Single-particle inclusive cross sections of precisely identified fragments are studied together with associated multiplicities of fast charged particles. Neon and argon projectiles are made to bombard uranium, calcium, and aluminium. It is found that all the observed fragment spectra are structureless and more or less exponentially decaying throughout the range of studied fragment masses. A catalogue of experimentally found qualitative features is given and the applicability of simple statistical thermodynamic models is examined by tracing down in the spectra kinematical effects in the framework of a source of a temperature and a velocity, leading to a nuclear fireball model. The production of complex particles is also discussed. A simple mass dependence in the cross section of the fragments is observed. The possibilities of a struck projectile and the explosion of a compound nucleus are considered. 7 references. (JFP).

An introduction to the main ideas used in the physics of ultra-realistic heavy-ion collisions, this book covers topics such as hot and dense matter and the formation of the quark-gluon plasma in present and future heavy-ion experiments

Papers of the June 1989 meeting in Beijing by the China Center of Advanced Science and Technology. This small book covers nucleus- nucleus collisions, states of the vacuum, and highly relativistic heavy ions in the experimental realm. Theoretical papers deal with quark-gluon plasma, and relativistic heavy ion collisions. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

We introduce the coalescence variables, a set of three boost-invariant kinematic quantities which may be used in analyzing n-particle correlations. These variables characterize the invariant mass of an n-particle and in three directions and separate the timelike and spacelike characteristics of the source. The analytic Kolehmanien-Gyulassy model is generalized to give two, three, and four-particle correlation functions, with coherence and Coulomb corrections applied to the basic formalism. We demonstrate the relation of the coalescence variables to be radius and duration of the source, and find that for sufficiently large transverse radii, Coulomb effects can suppress the structure of the Hanbury-Brown-Twiss correlations so that no significant information on source size can be obtained. 11 refs., 10 figs.