Quark-Gluon Plasma Calculator

About Quark-Gluon Plasma

The quark-gluon plasma (QGP) is a state of matter where quarks and gluons are deconfined, existing freely rather than bound into hadrons. It existed in the early universe and is recreated in heavy-ion collisions.

Key Parameters:

• Tc ≈ 170 MeV ≈ 2 × 10¹² K
• εc ≈ 1 GeV/fm³ ≈ 10³⁵ J/m³
• Typical lifetime: 5-10 fm/c ≈ 10⁻²³ s

Facilities:

• RHIC (BNL): √s up to 200 GeV
• LHC (CERN): √s up to 5.02 TeV
• FAIR (GSI): High μB region