Has the Quark-Gluon Plasma been seen?

Abstract

Data from the first three years of running at RHIC are reviewed and put into context with data obtained previously at the AGS and SPS and with the physics question of creation of a quark-gluon plasma in high energy heavy ion collisions. Also some very recent and still preliminary data from run4 are included.

plenary paper, Lepton-Photon 2005, Uppsala, Sweden

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