Why the Quark-Gluon Plasma isn't a Plasma
Abstract
An alternate picture of the deconfined phase of gauge theories is described. Instead of a plasma, the theory is viewed as a condensate of Polyakov lines. The pressure is determined by an elementary mean field theory.
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