出版社：SISSA, Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati
摘要：There is little doubt that Quantumchromodynamics (QCD) is the theory which describes strong
interaction physics. Lattice gauge simulations of QCD predict that in the m,T plane there is a line
where a transition from confined hadronic matter to deconfined quarks takes place. The transition
is either a cross over (at low m) or of first order (at high m). It is the goal of the present and future
heavy ion experiment at RHIC and FAIR to study this phase transition at different locations in
the m,T plane and to explore the properties of the deconfined phase. It is the purpose of this
contribution to discuss some of the observables which are considered as useful for this purpose.
