arXiv:1403.8101·v1·Nuclear Theory
Electromagnetic fingerprints of the Little Bang
Ulrich W. Heinz🇺🇸 · Jia Liu🇺🇸 · Chun Shen (Ohio State University)🇺🇸
Abstract
Measurements of thermal photons emitted from the rapidly expanding hot and dense medium ("Little Bang") formed in ultra relativistic heavy-ion collisions, and their current theoretical interpretation, are reviewed.
Comments: 6 pages, 4 figures. Invited talk at Hard Probes 2013, Stellenbosch, South Africa, Nov. 4-8, 2013. To be published in the Proceedings by Nuclear Physics A