Casalderrey-Solana, Jorge creator author. Liu, Hong (Professor of physics) author. López Mateos, David author. Rajagopal, Krishna 1965- author. Wiedemann, Urs Achim author. text bibliography enk 2023 monographic eng 1 online resource (vi, 460 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour), digital, PDF file(s) Heavy ion collision experiments recreating the quark-gluon plasma that filled the microseconds-old universe have established that it is a nearly perfect liquid that flows with such minimal dissipation that it cannot be seen as made of particles. String theory provides a powerful toolbox for studying matter with such properties. This book provides a comprehensive introduction to gauge/string duality and its applications to the study of the thermal and transport properties of quark-gluon plasma, the dynamics of how it forms, the hydrodynamics of how it flows, and its response to probes including jets and quarkonium mesons. Calculations are discussed in the context of data from RHIC and LHC and results from finite temperature lattice QCD. The book is an ideal reference for students and researchers in string theory, quantum field theory, quantum many-body physics, heavy ion physics and lattice QCD. Specialized. specialized Jorge Casalderrey-Solana, Hong Liu, David Mateos, Krishna Rajagopal, Urs Achim Wiedemann. Previously issued in print: 2014. Includes bibliographical references and index. Open access. Unrestricted online access star Quantum field theory String models Quantum chromodynamics Heavy ion collisions QC794.8.H4 G38 2023 530.143 9781009403504 https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009403504 https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009403504 Open access. StDuBDS 230717 20250826121340.0 CR9781009403504 eng