Contents of the book

• Preface
  • 1. What is quark-gluon plasma
• Part I. Basic Concept of Quark-Gluon Plasma
  • 2. Introduction to QCD
  • 3. Physics of quark-hadron phase transition
  • 4. Field theory at finite temperature
  • 5. Lattice gauge approach to QCD phase transitions
  • 6. Chiral phase transition
  • 7. Hadronic states in hot environment
• Part II. QGP in Astrophysics
  • 8. QGP in the early universe
  • 9. Compact stars
• Part III. QGP in Relativistic Heavy Ion Collisions
  • 10. Introduction to relativisitic heavy ion collisions
  • 11. Relativistic hydrodynamics for heavy ion collisions
  • 12. Transport theory for pre-equilibrium process
  • 13. Formation and evolution of QGP
  • 14. Fundamentals of QGP diagnostics
  • 15. Results from CERN-SPS experiments
  • 16. First results from the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC)
  • 17. Detectors in relativistic heavy ion experiments
• Appendices