Quark-Gluon Plasma Book

1	What is the quark-gluon plasma?	1
Pt. I	Basic concept of quark-gluon plasma	15
2	Introduction to QCD	17
3	Physics of the quark-hadron phase transition	39
4	Field theory at finite temperature	57
5	Lattice gauge approach to QCD phase transitions	92
6	Chiral phase transition	122
7	Hadronic states in a hot environment	170
Pt. II	Quark-gluon plasma in astrophysics	191
8	QGP is the early universe	193
9	Compact stars	217
Pt. III	Quark-gluon plasma in relativistic heavy ion collisions	245
10	Introduction to relativistic heavy ion collisions	247
11	Relativistic hydrodynamics for heavy ion collisions	261
12	Transport theory for the pre-equilibrium process	278
13	Formation and evolution of QGP	297
14	Fundamentals of QGP diagnostics	314
15	Results from CERN-SPS experiments	338
16	First results from the relativistic heavy ion collider (RHIC)	353
17	Detectors in relativistic heavy ion experiments	375
App. A	Constants and natural units	393
App. B	Dirac matrices, Dirac spinors and SU(N) algebra	396
App. C	Functional, Gaussian and Grassmann integrals	400
App. D	Curved space-time and the Einstein equation	404
App. E	Relativistic kinematics and variables	412
App. F	Scattering amplitude, optical theorem and elementary parton scatterings	418
App. G	Sound waves and transverse expansion	424