Questions tagged [quark-gluon-plasma]

A state of matter in which quarks and gluons are freed of their strong attraction for one another under extremely high energy densities.

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Why photon do not interact in quark gluon plasma?

It is often said that we could probe quark gluon plasma with photon or dileptons, because they interact electromagnetically so tha tthey don't modify the medium. But do they do not modify the medium ? It looks to me that the photon could create…
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What flavour is quark gluon plasma?

What flavour of quarks make up quark gluon plasma? What would it most likely cool down into, protons, neutrons, strange matter, neutronium or what?
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Color-magnetic fields in quark-gluon plasma?

I was curious as to whether there is a color equivalent of magnetic field in CCD. The answers here suggest there is, but only at femtometre scales due to confinement. Is this the case also for the quark-gluon plasmas postulated in neutron stars and…
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What is the link between the energies of particles and the corresponding temperature, in context of quark gluon plasma?

What is the link between the energies of particles and the corresponding temperature, in context of quark gluon plasma ? Is quark gluon plasma existing at low or high energy of particles ? Or is it defined only for the temperature ?
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Which equations of QCD are the QGP (Quark Gluon Plasma) and QCD phase diagram coming from?

Which equations of QCD are the QGP (Quark Gluon Plasma) and QCD phase diagram coming from ? Are there derivation formulas ?