https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s2005-02321-y
Experimental Physics
Status and perspectives of electromagnetic probes: a bright future
Stony Brook University, New York, USA
* e-mail: drees@skipper.physics.sunysb.edu
Received:
26
May
2005
Revised:
4
June
2005
Published online:
5
August
2005
After a number of years of sparse results from electromagnetic probes we have seen a revitalization of this field at this conference. Exciting first results obtained by NA60 at CERN, HADES at GSI, as well as PHENIX at RHIC, cover a broad range of initial conditions created in heavy-ion collisions. These experiments hold the promise to provide accurate new data, which will certainly furnish qualitatively new insights into matter at high temperature and density. In this paper I review the status of the field today and the perspectives for the future.
© Springer-Verlag, 2005
