QCD Matter: A Search for a Mixed Quark-Hadron Phase

Abstract

Physics aspects of a JINR project to reach the planned 5A GeV energy for the Au and U beams and to increase the bombarding energy up to 10A GeV are discussed. The project aims to search for a possible formation of a strongly interacting mixed quark-hadron phase. The relevant problems are exemplified. A need for scanning heavy-ion interactions in bombarding energy, collision centrality and isospin asymmetry is emphasized.

arXiv comment23 pages, 16 figures, LaTeX, talk given at XXXIII International Conference On High Energy Physics (ICHEP'06), Moscow, 26.07- 02.08, 2006

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