Preface v
Contents vii
I Basics
1 Kinematics and invariants
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Four—vectors and kinematic variables
1.3 Invariants
2 Cross sections
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Derivation of the cross section from nonrelativistic perturbation theory
2.3 The wave—optical model and total cross sections
2.4 The quark model， hadron—hadron interactions and parton distribution functions
2.5 Photoproduction and two—photon physics in heavy—ion collisions
3 Geometry
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Nuclear density distributions
3.3 Geometry of nucleus—nucleus collisions
3.4 Probes of centrality
4 Thermodynamics
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Review of thermodynamics
4.3 Phase transitions
4.4 Phase transitions in nuclear physics
5 Hydrodynamics
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Energy—momentum tensor
5.3 Hydrodynamic equations
5.4 Solutions to the hydrodynamic equations： longitudinal expansion
5.5 Solutions to the hydrodynamic equations： transverse（radial） expansion
5.6 Observable consequences
6 Lattice gauge theory
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Symmetries and the Lagrangian
6.3 Basics of lattice gauge theory
6.4 Chiral symmetry and spontaneous symmetry breaking
6.5 Selected results from lattice QCD
II Probes
7 Thermal dileptons
7.1 Introduction
7.2 High mass thermal dilepton rate
7.3 Initial conditions
7.4 Numerical results
7.5 Other dilepton sources
8 Quarkonium
8.1 Introduction to quarkonium in heavy—ion collisions
8.2 Quarkonium levels at T =
8.3 Quarkonium production
8.4 Quarkonium suppression by a quark—gluon plasma
8.5 Quarkonium suppression by hadrons
8.6 Nucleus—nucleus collisions
9 Hadronization
9.1 Introduction
9.2 Fragmentation in pp collisions
9.3 Nuclear effects
Bibliography
Index