高能重離子碰撞的基本理論和現象。首先，本書介紹了諸如動理學、交叉截面（包括誇克模型和部分子分布函數）、 核碰撞幾何、熱力學、流體力學，以及相關的有限溫度下的格點規范理論等這一領域的基本原理。然后，本書探討了更為專門的一些領域，介紹了以下能標的重離子碰撞：高質量熱雙輕子，誇克偶素和強子化。適合高能重離子物理領域的，特別是即將在RHIC和LHC所探測的課題領域工作的研究者或研究生閱讀。

Preface vContents viiI Basics 11 Kinematics and invariants 31.1 Introduction 31.2 Four—vectors and kinematic variables 71.3 Invariants 142 Cross sections 252.1 Introduction 252.2 Derivation of the cross section from nonrelativistic perturbation theory 262.3 The wave—optical model and total cross sections 472.4 The quark model， hadron—hadron interactions and parton distribution functions 602.5 Photoproduction and two—photon physics in heavy—ion collisions 963 Geometry 1053.1 Introduction 1053.2 Nuclear density distributions 1053.3 Geometry of nucleus—nucleus collisions 1173.4 Probes of centrality 1284 Thermodynamics 1494.1 Introduction 1494.2 Review of thermodynamics 1544.3 Phase transitions 1714.4 Phase transitions in nuclear physics 1835 Hydrodynamics 2215.1 Introduction 2215.2 Energy—momentum tensor 2255.3 Hydrodynamic equations 2285.4 Solutions to the hydrodynamic equations： longitudinal expansion 2385.5 Solutions to the hydrodynamic equations： transverse（radial） expansion 2575.6 Observable consequences 2696 Lattice gauge theory 2796.1 Introduction 2796.2 Symmetries and the Lagrangian 2806.3 Basics of lattice gauge theory 2926.4 Chiral symmetry and spontaneous symmetry breaking 3336.5 Selected results from lattice QCD 341II Probes 3577 Thermal dileptons 3597.1 Introduction 3597.2 High mass thermal dilepton rate 3607.3 Initial conditions 3717.4 Numerical results 3747.5 Other dilepton sources 3828 Quarkonium 3858.1 Introduction to quarkonium in heavy—ion collisions 3858.2 Quarkonium levels at T = 03878.3 Quarkonium production 3938.4 Quarkonium suppression by a quark—gluon plasma 4018.5 Quarkonium suppression by hadrons 4138.6 Nucleus—nucleus collisions 4219 Hadronization 4279.1 Introduction 4279.2 Fragmentation in pp collisions 4279.3 Nuclear effects 445Bibliography 455Index 469