Introduction to the physics of hot and dense hadronic matter
by Bengt Friman & Jörn Knoll
Publisher: GSI 2012
Number of pages: 177
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Content: Kinematics (Lorentz Transformation/phase space); Elements of scattering theory; Thermodynamics of strongly interacting matter; Transport in theory and practice; Chiral symmetry in vacuum and at finite density/temperature; The properties of hadrons in dense/hot matter and possible signatures.
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