High Energy Nuclear Collisions
arXiv:hep-ph/9911350
Abstract
Highlights of the results from ultrarelativistic heavy ion collisions at CERN-SPS are reviewed. In particular, I discuss how the experimental results indicate that a collective strongly interacting system has been produced, and what are the implications towards the Quark Gluon Plasma. The physical ideas behind measuring certain observables are introduced. The future program of high energy nuclear collisions at BNL-RHIC and CERN-LHC/ALICE is also briefly discussed.
Plenary talk at the International Europhysics Conference on High Energy Physics, EPS-HEP99, Tampere, Finland, July 1999; 21 pages