Introduction to Heavy Ion Physics
Introduction to Heavy Ion Physics
Introduction to Heavy Ion Physics
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Nucleus-Nucleus collisions at the LHC!<br />
SPS RHIC LHC<br />
s NN [GeV] 17.3 200 5500<br />
dN ch /dy 450 800 1600<br />
ε [GeV/fm 3 ] 3 5.5 ~ 10<br />
• large ε deeper in deconfinement region<br />
closer <strong>to</strong> “ideal” behaviour?<br />
• large cross section for “hard probes” !<br />
a new set of <strong>to</strong>ols <strong>to</strong> probe the medium properties<br />
e.g.:<br />
Pb Pb<br />
b<br />
b<br />
b<br />
8-th Summer School on Nuclear <strong>Physics</strong>, 3-12/07/12<br />
b<br />
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