International Review of Nuclear Physics - Vol. 5 & Vol. 6
RELATIVISTIC HEAVY ION PHYSICS
(In 2 Volumes)
edited by L P Csernai (Univ. Bergen) & D D Strottman (LANL)
This book gives an overview of relativistic heavy ion physics with particular emphasis on those theoretical approaches which seek an understanding and explanation of the measurements. These approaches try to build a bridge between more basic theories, such as lattice QCD or nucleon-nucleon interactions, and complicated experimental observables involving a large number of particles. Thus, mainly theoretical approaches are discussed here which are strongly and directly related to experiments, and in turn they are phenomenological to some extent. These models use the available information from more complete reaction model describing the whole collision and the observables.
It is suitable as a text for advanced undergraduate and graduate students — both experimentalists and theorists – for studies in the field of relativistic heavy ion physics. It may also serve as a handbook where basic concepts of reaction models can be found and the most important references for further reading are provided.
Vol. 5
Contents: - Introduction to Relativistic Kinetic Theory (L P Csernai & D Strottman)
- The Intranuclear Cascade and the Collision Dynamics (D L' Hôte & J Cugnon)
- The Hydrodynamical Model of Heavy Ion Collisions (J A Maruhn)
- Relativistic Fluid-Dynamical Approach for Nuclear Collisions at Energies from 1 to 100 GeV per Nucleon (I N Mishustin et al.).
Vol. 6
Contents: - Landau Hydrodynamical Model as a Basis for Treating Relativisitic Heavy Ion Collisions (E L Feinberg)
- Models of Nuclear Fragmentation in Heavy Ion Collisions (A R Deangelis & A Z Mekjian)
- Relativistic Mean-Field Kinetics and Dynamical Instabilities in Relativistic Heavy-Ion Collisions (Yu B Ivanov)
- Quantum Kinetic Equations in Intermediate Energy Heavy-Ion Collisions (W Botermans & R Malfliet)
- Microscopic Dynamics of Relativistic Heavy Ion Collisions — Probing Extreme States of Nuclear Matter (H Sorge et al.).
Readership: Nuclear physicists.
| 748pp |
Pub. date: Apr 1991 |
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