Electromagnetic fingerprints of the Little Bang
arXiv:1403.8101 · doi:10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2014.07.020
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.
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