Physicists identify unique signature to confirm quark-gluon plasma in universe

Simulations show that QGP could form in immediate aftermath of neutron star merger

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Tau.Neutrino said:

Physicists identify unique signature to confirm quark-gluon plasma in universe

Simulations show that QGP could form in immediate aftermath of neutron star merger

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> Physicists were surprised to discover in 2005 that the QGP isn’t really a gaseous plasma in terms of its behavior. It’s more akin to a superfluid, since there is virtually no viscosity (resistance from friction)—it is, in fact, the most perfect liquid yet observed. Later experiments revealed that particle collisions within the QGP swirl faster (a measure of vorticity) than any other known fluid, too.

That’s very very interesting. From a cosmology point of view.

Attempts so far to create a quark-gluon plasma by colliding lead atoms in the LHC have been unsuccessful.