Lattice QCD at High Temperature and the QGP

Abstract

We review recent progress in studies of bulk thermodynamics of strongly interacting matter, present results on the QCD equation of state and discuss the status of studies of the phase diagram at non-vanishing quark chemical potential.

9 pages, plenary talk given at PANIC05, Particles and Nuclei International Conference, Santa Fe, NM, Oct. 24-28, 2005

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