paper

Why the Quark-Gluon Plasma isn't a Plasma

arXiv:hep-ph/0101168 · doi:10.1142/9789812799913_0009

Abstract

An alternate picture of the deconfined phase of gauge theories is described. Instead of a plasma, the theory is viewed as a condensate of Polyakov lines. The pressure is determined by an elementary mean field theory.

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