Subject: New Rajagopal abstract
Date: Wed, 8 Sep 1999 16:24:53 -0700 (PDT)
From: Christopher Kolda <kolda@thsrv.lbl.gov>
Reply-To: Christopher Kolda <CFKolda@lbl.gov>
To: Mary Kihanya <MKihanya@lbl.gov>
CC: Christopher Kolda <CFKolda@lbl.gov>

Mary,

I have "editted" Krishna's abstract down to the following one. Use this
instead.

                        Chris

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New abstract:

Recent theoretical developments are reviewed which show how a key
qualitative feature of the QCD phase diagram, namely a critical point
which defines the landscape to be mapped at heavy ion collision
experiments, can be discovered. I also review recent progress in our
understanding of cold, dense quark matter, as may occur in the cores of
neutron stars. In this regime, quarks form Cooper pairs and QCD possesses
a superconducting phase which may also break chiral symmetry. Mapping this
part of the QCD phase diagram will require a better understanding of how
these phenomena affect neutron star phenomenology.