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Hagedorn temperature

Hagedorn temperature proper noun: the temperature at which hadronic matter (i.e. ordinary matter) is no longer stable, and must either "evaporate" or convert into quark matter.

Proper noun

Hagedorn temperature

  1. The temperature at which hadronic matter (i.e. ordinary matter) is no longer stable, and must either "evaporate" or convert into quark matter.

Origin of Hagedorn temperature

Discovered by German physicist Rolf Hagedorn in the 1960s.

Questions about Hagedorn temperature

What does Hagedorn temperature mean?
Hagedorn temperature means the temperature at which hadronic matter (i.e. ordinary matter) is no longer stable, and must either "evaporate" or convert into quark matter.
What part of speech is Hagedorn temperature?
Hagedorn temperature is a proper noun.

Words near Hagedorn temperature in the dictionary

  1. hagebut
  2. hagebuts
  3. Hagedoom syndrome
  4. Hagedorn oxime
  5. Hagedorn oximes
  6. Hagedorn temperature
  7. hagelslag
  8. Hagelund
  9. Hagelunds
  10. Hageman
  11. Hagemann

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