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Having developed the material in presentations given to students specializing in high energy physics, Bartke (Institute of Nuclear Physics, Poland) introduces the physics of relativistic heavy ions (or relativistic nuclear physics), which he notes is of particular interest "as collisions of relativistic heavy ions are believed to lead to the formation of a new state of matter--the quark-gluon plasma (QGP), thus bridging frontiers between nuclear and hadronic physics." He has sought to primarily present only simple theoretical ideas and phenomenological models that are well supported by experimental data without going too deep into the underlying mathematical formalism, although he does include a chapter devoted to quantum chromodynamics and also includes discussion of recent ideas concerning the quark-gluon plasma and predictions concerning the results of collisions planned at the Large Hadron Collider in Europe. Annotation c2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
