Global variables and correlations: Summary of the results presented at the Quark Matter 2012 conference

Abstract

In these proceedings, we highlight recent developments from both theory and experiment related to the global description of matter produced in ultra-relativistic heavy-ion collisions as presented during the Quark Matter 2012 conference.

Comments: 8 pages, 6 figures; proceedings of the summary plenary talk given at Quark Matter 2012, August 13-18, 2012, Washington DC