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The QGP Discovered at RHIC

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Structure and Dynamics of Elementary Matter

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Three empirical lines of evidence, (P QCD , p QCD, dA), from RHIC have converged and point to the discovery of a strongly coupled Quark Gluon Plasma. The evidence includes (1) bulk collective elliptic flow and (2) jet quenching and mono jet production, observed in Au+Au collisions at 200 AGeV, and (3) a critical control experiment using D+Au at 200 AGeV.

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Gyulassy, M. (2004). The QGP Discovered at RHIC. In: Greiner, W., Itkis, M.G., Reinhardt, J., Güçlü, M.C. (eds) Structure and Dynamics of Elementary Matter. NATO Science Series, vol 166. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-2705-5_14

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