Current lecture
Phasenübergänge und kritische Phänomene
A course on QCD matter, collision geometry, Glauber modeling, phase transitions, and experimental observables in relativistic nuclear collisions.
Schedule
Weekly lecture plan
Week 1 — Introduction: QCD Matter and the Phase Diagram
Week 2 — Relativistic Kinematics in Nuclear Collisions
Week 3 — Geometry of Nuclear Collisions and the Glauber Model
Week 5 — Statistical Ensembles
Week 6 — Probability Distributions
Week 7 — Generating Functions
Week 8 — Hadron Resonance Gas (HRG) Model
Week 10 — Efficiency Correction
Week 11 — Summary and Outlook
Literature
Recommended reading
- H. Satz — Extreme States of Matter in Strong Interaction Physics
- W. Florkowski — Phenomenology of Ultra-Relativistic Heavy-Ion Collisions
- J. Letessier and J. Rafelski — Hadrons and Quark-Gluon Plasma
- R. C. Hwa and X.-N. Wang — Quark-Gluon Plasma 3
- Lecture-specific papers and review articles will be added as appropriate