Some Aspects of the Theory of Heavy Ion Collisions

Abstract

We review the theoretical aspects relevant in the description of high energy heavy ion collisions, with an emphasis on the learnings about the underlying QCD phenomena that have emerged from these collisions.

64 pages, invited review by Reports on Progress in Physics

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