CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS

1. Strong fields, vacuum structure, quark deconfinement and quark-gluon plasma;
2. Physics with ultra-intense light pulses; relativistic plasma; optoelectronic and aneutronic nuclear fusion;
3. Energy hadronization into matter and cosmological evolution from the quark era to the present.

PUBLICATIONS: overview

450+ works in theoretical: atomic, nuclear, astro particle physics, neural nets; 18 BOOKS including monographs; several popular and general interest works; among most cited work are invited papers presented at conferences which are listed separate. Google Scholar publications (March 2026): 23,800 +1,700 (QED of Strong Fields book Google attributes to another author) citations and h=71 . A view on particle, and partial nuclear and atomic physics research writings via the Stanford Library : inSPIRES: 13,685 citations and h=54 (March 2026, 378 of 467 citable manuscripts consideed)

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A dozen notable works on strangeness and quark-gluon plasma discovery research
For overview see: Discovery of Quark-Gluon-Plasma: Strangeness Diaries Johann Rafelski arXiv preprint:1911.00831 EPJst 229 (2020) no.1, pp1-140


1. Strangeness Production in the Quark - Gluon Plasma. J. Rafelski, B. Muller. Phys.Rev.Lett. 48 (1982) 1066 Erratum: Phys.Rev.Lett. 56 (1986) 2334
   
2. Formation and Observation of the Quark-Gluon Plasma (for working links see Google Scholar) J. Rafelski Phys.Rept. 88 (1982) 331-347
   
3. Strangeness in Relativistic Heavy Ion Collisions (Review) P.Koch, B. Muller, J. Rafelski. Phys.Rept. 142 (1986) 167-262
   
4. Strange anti-baryons from quark-gluon plasma. J. Rafelski. Phys.Lett. B 262 (1991) 333-340.
   
5. Strange particles from dense hadronic matter.(Review) J. Rafelski, J. Letessier, A. Tounsi, [nucl-th/0209080] Acta Phys.Polon. B 27 (1996) 1037-1140
   
6. Sudden hadronization in relativistic nuclear collisions. J. Rafelski, J. Letessier. arXiv preprint:hep-ph/0006200 Phys.Rev.Lett. 85 (2000) 4695-4698
   
7. A strange quark plasma E. Quercigh, J. Rafelski. Phys.World 13 (2000) no.10, pp 37-42.
   A feature article in the Physics World magazine following CERN new state of matter announcement
8. Enhanced $J/\psi production in deconfined quark matter. R.L. Thews, M. Schroedter, J. Rafelski. arXiv preprint:hep-ph/0007323 Phys.Rev. C 63 (2001) 054905
   
9. Strange hadron resonances as a signature of freezeout dynamics. G. Torrieri, J. Rafelski. arXiv preprint:hep-ph/0103149 Phys.Lett. B 509 (2001) 239-245
   
10. Hadrons and quark-gluon plasma. J. Letessier, J. Rafelski. Camb.Monogr.Part.Phys.Nucl.Phys.Cosmol. 18 ISBN: 9780521018234 (Paperback), 9780521385367 (Hardback), 9780511037276 (Online) 413 pages, (Cambridge University Press,(2002).
    
11. Hadron production and phase changes in relativistic heavy ion collisions. J. Letessier, J. Rafelski. arXiv preprint:nucl-th/0504028 Eur.Phys.J. A 35 (2008) 221-242
    
12. Melting Hadrons, Boiling Quarks (Review) J. Rafelski arXiv preprint:1508.03260 Eur.Phys.J. A (Article) 51 (2015) no.9, 1-58, 114 ;
    Eur.Phys.J. A (Addendum A) 51 (2015) no.9, 1-16, 115 ; Eur.Phys.J. A (Addendum B) 51. (2015) no.9, 1-9, 116 .
    

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List of Refereed Publications(several lists)

listed separate and below are: invited research and (refereed) conference reports when refereed editorially; books; and general science writings
Newest first


1. Short note on spin magnetization in QGP Andrew Steinmetz, Johann Rafelski
   Eur.Phys.J.ST 234 (2025) 10, 2919-2929 arXiv preprint: 2502.05052 [hep-ph]
2. Higgs thermal nonequilibrium in primordial QGP Cheng Tao Yang, Shelbi Foster, Johann Rafelski
   Eur.Phys.J.ST 234 (2025) 10, 2907-2917 arXiv preprint: 2502.03598 [hep-ph]
3. Nuclear fusion enhancement by heavy nuclear catalysts Christopher Grayson, Johann Rafelski
   Eur.Phys.J.ST 234 (2025) 10, 2967-2977 arXiv preprint: 2502.07804 [physics.plasm-ph]
4. Quarks to Cosmos: Particles and Plasma in Cosmological evolution J. Rafelski, J. Birrell, Ch. Grayson, A. Steinmetz, C.T. Yang
   EPJ St 234 (2025) 1125–1329 arXiv preprint: 2409.19031 [hep-ph]
5. Self-consistent Strong Screening Applied to Thermonuclear Reactions Christopher Grayson, Cheng Tao Yang, Martin Formanek, Johann Rafelski
   Astrophys.J. 976 (2024) 1, 31 arXiv preprint: 2406.13055 [nucl-th]
6. Everlasting interaction: polarization summation without a Landau pole Stefan Evans, Johann Rafelski
   Phys.Rev.D 110 (2024) 3, 036012 arXiv preprint: 2311.00891 [hep-ph]
7. Fermi-Dirac Integrals in Degenerate Regimes: Novel Asymptotic Expansion J. Birrell, M. Formanek, A. Steinmetz, C.T. Yang, J. Rafelski
   Int.J.Theor.Phys. 63 (2024) 7, 163 arXiv preprint: 2405.05287 [cond-mat.quant-gas]
8. Dynamic fermion flavor mixing through transition dipole moments Johann Rafelski, Andrew Steinmetz, Cheng Tao Yang
   IJMP-A 2350163 (2023) [arXiv 2309.15797 [hep-ph]] Also in book dedicated to the memory of Harald Fritzsch ed. G. Buchalla, D. Lüst and Zhi-Zhong Xing
9. Matter-antimatter origin of cosmic magnetism A. Steinmetz, C. T. Yang and J. Rafelski,
   Phys.Rev. D 108 (2023), 123522 arXiv [2308.14818 [hep-ph]]
10. Electron–positron plasma in BBN: Damped-dynamic screening C. Grayson, C. T. Yang, M. Formanek and J Rafelski,
    Annals Phys. 458 (2023), 169453 arXiv: 2307.11264 [astro-ph.CO]
11. Superheavy elements and ultradense matter Evan LaForge, Will Price, Johann Rafelski
    Eur. Phys. J. Plus 138 (2023) no.9, 812 [arXiv:2306.11989 [nucl-th]].
12. A Short Survey of Matter-Antimatter Evolution in the Primordial Universe J. Rafelski, J. Birrell, A. Steinmetz and C. T. Yang,
    Universe 9 (2023) no.7, 309 [arXiv:2305.09055 [hep-th]].
13. Study of QED singular properties for variable gyromagnetic ratio Johann Rafelski, Stefan Evans, Lance Labun
    arXiv preprint: 2212.13165 [hep-ph] Phys.Rev. D 107 (2023), 076002
14. Dynamic magnetic response of the quark-gluon plasma to electromagnetic fields Christopher Grayson, Martin Formanek, Johann Rafelski, Berndt Mueller
    arXiv preprint: 2204.14186 [hep-ph] Phys.Rev. D 106 1, 014011 (2022)
15. Emergence of periodic in magnetic moment effective QED action Stefan Evans, Johann Rafelski
    arXiv preprint: 2203.13145 [hep-ph] Phys.Lett. B 831 137190 (2022)
16. Radiation reaction and limiting acceleration Will Price, Martin Formanek, Johann Rafelski
    arXiv preprint: 2112.04444 [hep-ph] Phys.Rev. D 105 (2022) (1), 016024

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17. Particle production at a finite potential step: transition from Euler-Heisenberg to Klein paradox
    Stefan Evans, Johann Rafelski arXiv preprint: 2108.12959 [hep-ph] Eur.Phys.J.A 57 (2021) 12, 341
18. Cosmological Strangeness Abundance Cheng Tao Yang, Johann Rafelski
    arXiv preprint:2108.01752 [hep-ph] Phys. Lett. B 827 (2022) 136944
19. Current-conserving relativistic linear response for collisional plasmas Martin Formanek, Chris M. Grayson, Johann Rafelski, Berndt M\"uller
    arXiv preprint:2105.07897 [physics.plasm-ph] Annals Phys. 434 (2021) 168605
20. Motion of classical charged particles with magnetic moment in external plane-wave electromagnetic fields Martin Formanek, Andrew Steinmetz, Johann Rafelski
    arXiv preprint: 2103.02594 [physics.class-ph] ] Phys.Rev. A 103 (2021) 052218 
21. Radiation reaction friction: Resistive material medium Martin Formanek, Andrew Steinmetz, Johann Rafelski
    arXiv preprint: 2004.09634 [hep-ph] Phys.Rev. D 102 (2020) 5, 056015 
22. Electron electromagnetic-mass melting in strong fields Stefan Evans, Johann Rafelski
    arXiv preprint:1911.08714 [hep-ph] Phys.Rev. D 102 (2020) 3, 036014
23. Discovery of Quark-Gluon-Plasma: Strangeness Diaries Johann Rafelski
    arXiv preprint:1911.00831 The European Physical Journal Special Topics 229 (2020) no.1, pp1-140 (also listed under book-like monographies)
24. Classical neutral point particle in linearly polarized EM plane wave field Martin Formanek, Andrew Steinmetz,Johann Rafelski
    arXiv preprint:1904.10587 Plasma Phys.Control.Fusion 61 (2019) no.8, 084006
25. Magnetic Dipole Moment in Relativistic Quantum Mechanics A Steinmetz, M Formanek, J Rafelski
    arXiv preprint arXiv:1811.06233 Eur.Phys.J. A 55, no. 3, 40 (2019)
26. Virtual axion-like particle complement to Euler-Heisenberg-Schwinger action S Evans, J Rafelski
    arXiv preprint arXiv:1810.06717 Phys. Lett. B 791, 331 (2019)
27. Vacuum stabilized by anomalous magnetic moment S Evans, J Rafelski
    arXiv preprint arXiv:1805.03622 Physical Review D 98, 016006 (2018)
28. Strong fields and neutral particle magnetic moment dynamics M Formanek, S Evans, J Rafelski, A Steinmetz, CT Yang
    arXiv preprint:1712.07698 Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion 60, (7), 074006
29. Measurement of the Lorentz-FitzGerald Body Contraction. J. Rafelski
    arXiv preprint:1708.05670 Eur.Phys.J. A 54, no.2, 29 (2018)
30. Relativistic Dynamics of Point Magnetic Moment. J. Rafelski, M. Formanek, A. Steinmetz.
    arXiv preprint:1712.01825 Eur.Phys.J. C 78 no.1, 6 (2018)
31. From strangeness enhancement to quark-gluon plasma discovery. P. Koch, B. Muller, J. Rafelski.
    [arXiv:1708.08115 [nucl-th]]. Int.J.Mod.Phys. 32 no.31, 1730024 (2017)
32. The relativistic foundations of synchrotron radiation. G. Margaritondo, J. Rafelski.
    [arXiv:1706.01329 [physics.gen-ph]]. J.Synchrotron Radiat. 24 (2017) no.4, 898-901.
33. Dynamical Emergence of the Universe into the False Vacuum. J. Rafelski, J. Birrell.
    [arXiv:1510.05001 [astro-ph.CO]]. JCAP 1511 (2015) no.11, 035.
34. Melting Hadrons, Boiling Quarks. (Review) J. Rafelski.
    [arXiv:1508.03260 [nucl-th]] Eur.Phys.J. A 51 (2015) no.9, 114.
35. Relic Neutrino Freeze-out: Dependence on Natural Constants. J. Birrell, C.T. Yang, J. Rafelski. [arXiv:1406.1759 [nucl-th]]. Nucl.Phys. B 890 (2014) 481-517.
36. Quark-gluon plasma as the possible source of cosmological dark radiation. J. Birrell, J. Rafelski. [arXiv:1404.6005 [nucl-th]]. Phys.Lett. B 741 (2015) 77-81.
37. Boltzmann Equation Solver Adapted to Emergent Chemical Non-equilibrium. J. Birrell, J. Wilkening, J. Rafelski. [arXiv:1403.2019 [math.NA]]. J.Comput.Phys. 281 (2015) 896-916.
38. Proposal for Resonant Detection of Relic Massive Neutrinos. J. Birrell, J. Rafelski. [arXiv:1402.3409 [hep-ph]]. Eur.Phys.J. C 75 (2015) no.2, 91.
39. SHARE with CHARM. M. Petran, J. Letessier, J. Rafelski, G. Torrieri. [arXiv:1310.5108 [hep-ph]] Comput.Phys.Commun. 185 (2014) 2056-2079.
40. Fugacity and Reheating of Primordial Neutrinos. J. Birrell, C.T. Yang, P. Chen, J. Rafelski. [arXiv:1303.2583 [astro-ph.CO]]. Mod.Phys.Lett. A 28 (2013) 1350188.
41. Fusion reactions initiated by laser-accelerated particle beams in a laser-produced plasma. C. Labaune, C. Baccou, S. Depierreux, C. Goyon, G. Loisel, V. Yahia, J. Rafelski. [arXiv:1310.2002 [physics.plasm-ph]]. Nature Commun. 4 (2013) 2506.
42. Hadron production and quark-gluon plasma hadronization in Pb-Pb collisions at sqrt{s_{NN}}=2.76TeV. M. Petran, J. Letessier, V. Petracek, J. Rafelski. [arXiv:1303.2098 [hep-ph]] Phys.Rev. C 88 (2013) no.3, 034907.
43. Universal hadronization condition in heavy ion collisions at sqrt{s_NN}= 62GeV and at sqrt{s_{NN}=2.76TeV. M. Petran, J. Rafelski. [arXiv:1303.0913 [hep-ph]] Phys.Rev. C 88 (2013) no.2, 021901.
44. Relic neutrinos: Physically consistent treatment of effective number of neutrinos and neutrino mass. J. Birrell, C.T. Yang, P. Chen, J. Rafelski. [arXiv:1212.6943 [astro-ph.CO]]. Phys.Rev. D 89 (2014) 023008.
45. Top anomalous magnetic moment and the two photon decay of Higgs boson. L. Labun, J. Rafelski. [arXiv:1209.1046 [hep-ph]]. Phys.Rev. D 88 (2013) 071301.
46. Acceleration and Vacuum Temperature. L. Labun, J. Rafelski. [arXiv:1203.6148 [hep-ph]]. Phys.Rev. D 86 (2012) 041701.
47. Properties of Gravitationally Bound Dark Compact Ultra Dense Objects. Ch. Dietl, L. Labun, J. Rafelski. [arXiv:1110.0551 [astro-ph.CO]]. Phys.Lett. B 709 (2012) 123-127.
48. Electron-Positron Plasma Drop Formed by Ultra-Intense Laser Pulses. I. Kuznetsova, J. Rafelski. [arXiv:1109.3546 [physics.plasm-ph]]. Phys.Rev. D 85 (2012) 085014.
49. Compact Ultradense Matter Impactors. J. Rafelski, L. Labun, J. Birrell. [arXiv:1104.4572 [astro-ph.EP]]. Phys.Rev.Lett. 110 (2013) no.11, 111102.
50. Non-Perturbative Relativistic Calculation of the Muonic Hydrogen Spectrum. J.D. Carroll, A.W. Thomas, J. Rafelski, G.A. Miller. [arXiv:1104.2971 [physics.atom-ph]]. Phys.Rev. A 84 (2011) 012506.
51. Spectra of Particles from Laser-Induced Vacuum Decay. L. Labun, J. Rafelski. [arXiv:1102.5773 [hep-ph]]. Phys.Rev. D 84 (2011) 033003.
52. Natural Resolution of the Proton Size Puzzle. G.A. Miller, A.W. Thomas, J.D. Carroll, J. Rafelski. [arXiv:1101.4073 [physics.atom-ph]] Phys.Rev. A 84 (2011) 020101.
53. Particle Production in s_NN = 2.76 TeV Heavy Ion Collisions. J. Rafelski, J. Letessier. [arXiv:1012.1649 [hep-ph]] Phys.Rev. C 83 (2011) 054909.
54. Vacuum Structure and Dark Energy. L. Labun, J. Rafelski. [arXiv:1011.3497 [hep-ph]]. Int.J.Mod.Phys. D 19 (2010) 2299-2304.
55. Effects of Radiation-Reaction in Relativistic Laser Acceleration. Y. Hadad, L. Labun, J. Rafelski, N. Elkina, C. Klier, H. Ruhl. [arXiv:1005.3980 [hep-ph]] Phys.Rev. D 82 (2010) 096012.
56. Unstable Hadrons in Hot Hadron Gas in Laboratory and in the Early Universe. I. Kuznetsova, J. Rafelski. [arXiv:1002.0375 [hep-th]]. [arXiv:1002.0375 [hep-th]] Phys.Rev. C 82 (2010) 035203
57. Multistrange Particle Production and the Statistical Hadronization Model. M. Petran, J. Rafelski. [arXiv:0912.1689 [hep-ph]] Phys.Rev. C 82 (2010) 011901
58. Thermal reaction processes in a relativistic QED plasma drop. I. Kuznetsova, D. Habs, J. Rafelski. [arXiv:0911.0118 [physics.plasm-ph]]. Phys.Rev. D 81 (2010) 053007.
59. The Confinement Property in SU(3) Gauge Theory. A.V. Zayakin, J. Rafelski. [arXiv:0905.2317 [hep-ph]]. Phys.Rev. D 80 (2009) 034024.
60. Dark Energy Simulacrum in Nonlinear Electrodynamics. L. Labun, J. Rafelski. [arXiv:0811.4467 [hep-th]]. Phys.Rev. D 81 (2010) 065026.
61. Resonance Production in Heavy Ion Collisions: Suppression of Lambda(1520) and Enhancement of Sigma(1385). I. Kuznetsova, J. Rafelski. [arXiv:0811.1409 [nucl-th]] Phys.Rev. C 79 (2009) 014903
62. QED Energy-Momentum Trace as a Force in Astrophysics. L. Labun, J. Rafelski. [arXiv:0810.1323 [hep-ph]]. Phys.Lett. B 687 (2010) 133-138.
63. Vacuum Decay Time in Strong External Fields. L. Labun, J. Rafelski. [arXiv:0808.0874 [hep-ph]]. Phys.Rev. D 79 (2009) 057901.
64. Enhanced Production of Delta and Sigma(1385) Resonances. I. Kuznetsova, J. Rafelski. [arXiv:0804.3352 [nucl-th]] Phys.Lett. B 668 (2008) 105-110
65. Pion and muon production in e-, e+, gamma plasma. I. Kuznetsova, Dietrich Habs, J. Rafelski. [arXiv:0803.1588 [hep-ph]]. Phys.Rev. D 78 (2008) 014027.
66. Hadron Resonances and Phase Threshold in Heavy Ion Collisions. G. Torrieri, J. Rafelski. [nucl-th/0608061] Phys.Rev. C 75 (2007) 024902
67. Heavy flavor hadrons in statistical hadronization of strangeness-rich QGP. I. Kuznetsova, J. Rafelski. [hep-ph/0607203] Eur.Phys.J. C 51 (2007) 113-133
68. SHAREv2: Fluctuations and a comprehensive treatment of decay feed-down. G. Torrieri, S. Jeon, J. Letessier, J. Rafelski. [nucl-th/0603026] Comput.Phys.Commun. 175 (2006) 635-649
69. Strangeness chemical equilibration in QGP at RHIC and CERN LHC. J. Letessier, J. Rafelski. [nucl-th/0602047] Phys.Rev. C 75 (2007) 014905
70. Hadronization of expanding QGP. J. Rafelski, J. Letessier. [nucl-th/0511016] Eur.Phys.J. A 29 (2006) 107-111
71. Balance of baryon number in the quark coalescence model. A. Bialas, J. Rafelski. [hep-ph/0508084]. Phys.Lett. B633 (2006) 488-491.
72. Delta-33 medium mass modification and pion spectra. Pin-zhen Bi, J. Rafelski. [nucl-th/0507037]. Eur.Phys.J. A32 (2007) 267-272.
73. Centrality dependence of strangeness and (anti)hyperon production at RHIC. J. Letessier, J. Rafelski. [nucl-th/0506044] Phys.Rev. C 73 (2006) 014902
74. Soft hadron ratios at the LHC. J. Rafelski, J. Letessier. [hep-ph/0506140] Eur.Phys.J C 45 (2006) 61-72
75. Hadron production and phase changes in relativistic heavy ion collisions. J. Letessier, J. Rafelski. [nucl-th/0504028] Eur.Phys.J. A 35 (2008) 221-242
76. Particle yield fluctuations and chemical non-equilibrium at RHIC. G. Torrieri, S.Y. Jeon, J. Rafelski. [nucl-th/0503026]. Phys.Rev. C74 (2006) 024901.
77. Centrality dependence of bulk fireball properties at RHIC. J. Rafelski, J. Letessier, G. Torrieri. [nucl-th/0412072] Phys.Rev. C 72 (2005) 024905
78. SHARE: Statistical hadronization with resonances. G. Torrieri, S. Steinke, W. Broniowski, W. Florkowski, J. Letessier, J. Rafelski. [nucl-th/0404083] Comput.Phys.Commun. 167 (2005) 229-251
79. Strange pentaquark hadrons in statistical hadronization. J. Letessier, G. Torrieri, S. Steinke, J. Rafelski. [hep-ph/0310188] Phys.Rev. C 68 (2003) 061901
80. QCD equations of state and the QGP liquid model. J. Letessier, J. Rafelski. [hep-ph/0301099]. Phys.Rev. C67 (2003) 031902.
81. Statistical hadronization probed by resonances. G. Torrieri, J. Rafelski. [nucl-th/0212091]. Phys.Rev. C 68 (2003) 034912
82. Limit on CPT violating quark anti-quark mass difference from the neutral kaon system. M. J. Fromerth, J. Rafelski. [hep-ph/0211362]. Acta Phys.Polon. B 34 (2003) 4151-4156.
83. Threshold disorder as a source of diverse and complex behavior in random nets. P.C. McGuire, H. Bohr, J.W. Clark, R. Haschke, C.L. Pershing, J. Rafelski. Neural Networks 15 (2002) 1243-1258.
84. Rapidity particle spectra in sudden hadronization of QGP. J. Letessier, J. Rafelski. [hep-ph/0106151] J.Phys. G 28 (2002) 183-188
85. Strange hadrons and their resonances: A Diagnostic tool of QGP freezeout dynamics. J. Rafelski, J. Letessier, G. Torrieri. [nucl-th/0104042] Phys.Rev. C 64 (2001) 054907 Erratum: Phys.Rev. C 65 (2002) 069902
86. Strange hadron resonances as a signature of freezeout dynamics. G. Torrieri, J. Rafelski. [hep-ph/0103149] Phys.Lett. B 509 (2001) 239-245
87. Entropy production in relativistic hydrodynamics. H.-T. Elze, J. Rafelski, L. Turko. [hep-ph/0103066]. Phys.Lett. B506 (2001) 123-130.
88. Search for QGP and thermal freezeout of strange hadrons. G. Torrieri, J. Rafelski. [hep-ph/0012102] New J.Phys. 3 (2001) 12
89. Enhanced $J/\psiproduction in deconfined quark matter. R.L. Thews, M. Schroedter, J. Rafelski. [hep-ph/0007323] Phys.Rev. C 63 (2001) 054905
90. Electron positron annihilation radiation from sgra east at the galactic center. M. Fatuzzo, F. Melia, J. Rafelski. [astro-ph/0007371]. Astrophys.J. 549 (2001) 293-302.
91. Sudden hadronization in relativistic nuclear collisions. J. Rafelski, J. Letessier. [hep-ph/0006200] Phys.Rev.Lett. 85 (2000) 4695-4698
92. Quark gluon plasma fireball. S. Hamieh, J. Letessier, J. Rafelski. [hep-ph/0006085] Phys.Rev. C 62 (2000) 064901
93. $B_cmeson production in nuclear collisions at RHIC. M. Schroedter, R.L. Thews, J. Rafelski. [hep-ph/0004041] Phys.Rev. C 62 (2000) 024905
94. Dynamics of multiparticle systems with non-Abelian symmetry. L. Turko, J. Rafelski. [hep-th/0003079]. Eur.Phys.J. C18 (2001) 587-592.
95. Observing quark gluon plasma with strange hadrons. J. Letessier, J. Rafelski. [nucl-th/0003014] Int.J.Mod.Phys. E 9 (2000) 107-147
96. Low m perpendicular pi+-pi- asymmetry and pion enhancement from hadronization of QGP. J. Letessier, A. Tounsi, J. Rafelski. [nucl-th/9911043]. Phys.Lett. B475 (2000) 213-219.
97. Variational Principle for Relativistic Fluid Dynamics. H.-T. Elze, Y. Hama, T. Kodama, M. Makler, J. Rafelski. [hep-ph/9910208]. J.Phys. G25 (1999) 1935-1957.
98. Expected production of strange baryons and anti-baryons in baryon-poor QGP. J. Rafelski, J. Letessier. [nucl-th/9908024] Phys.Lett. B 469 (1999) 12-18
99. Equilibrium distribution of heavy quarks in Fokker-Planck dynamics. D.B. Walton, J. Rafelski. [hep-ph/9907273] Phys.Rev.Lett. 84 (2000) 31-34
100. Evidence for QGP in Pb Pb 158-A-Gev collisions from strange particle abundances and the Coulomb effect. J. Letessier, J. Rafelski. [hep-ph/9807346] Acta Phys.Polon. B 30 (1999) 153-168 An update of Review Acta Phys.Polon. B 27 (1996) 1037-1140
101. Chemical nonequilibrium and deconfinement in 200-A/GeV sulphur induced reactions. J. Letessier, J. Rafelski. [hep-ph/9806386] Phys.Rev. C 59 (1999) 947-954
102. Magnetic permeability of constrained fermionic vacuum. M.V. Cougo-Pinto, C. Farina, A. Tort, J. Rafelski. [hep-th/9711190]. Phys.Lett. B434 (1998) 388-395.
103. Strangeness in Pb-Pb collisions at 158-GeV/A. J. Letessier, J. Rafelski, A. Tounsi. [hep-ph/9710310] Phys.Lett. B 410 (1997) 315-322.
104. Impact of QCD and QGP properties on strangeness production. J. Letessier, A. Tounsi, J. Rafelski. Phys.Lett. B 389 (1996) 586-594.
105. Strange particles from dense hadronic matter.(Review) J. Rafelski, J. Letessier, A. Tounsi, [nucl-th/0209080] Acta Phys.Polon. B 27 (1996) 1037-1140
106. QGP formation and strange anti-baryons. J. Letessier, J. Rafelski, A. Tounsi [hep-ph/9506469] Phys.Lett. B 390 (1997) 363-369
107. Relativistic transport equations for electromagnetic, scalar, and pseudoscalar potentials. G.R. Shin, J. Rafelski. Annals Phys. 243 (1995) 65-75
108. Formation and evolution of the quark-gluon plasma. J. Letessier, J. Rafelski, A. Tounsi. [hep-ph/9711324]. Phys.Lett. B 333 (1994) 484-493
109. Strangeness flow difference in nuclear collisions at 15-A/GeV and 200-A/GeV. J. Rafelski, M. Danos. Phys.Rev. C 50 (1994) 1684-1687
110. Strangeness and particle freezeout in nuclear collisions at 14.6-GeV/A. J. Letessier, J. Rafelski, A. Tounsi. [hep-ph/9711321]. PPhys.Lett. B 328 (1994) 499-505
111. Strange particle abundance in QGP formed in 200-GeV/a nuclear collisions. J. Letessier, J. Rafelski, A. Tounsi. [hep-ph/9711345]. Phys.Lett. B 323 (1994) 393-400
112. Strange particle freezeout. J. Letessier, J. Rafelski, Ahmned Tounsi. [hep-ph/9711344]. Phys.Lett. B 321 (1994) 394-399
113. Gluon production, cooling and entropy in nuclear collisions. J. Letessier, J. Rafelski, A. Tounsi. [hep-ph/9711346]. Phys.Rev. C 50 (1994) 406-409
114. Strangeness conservation in hot nuclear fireballs. J. Letessier, A. Tounsi, U.W. Heinz, J. Sollfrank, J. Rafelski. [hep-ph/9212210] Phys.Rev. D 51 (1995) 3408-3435
115. Chemical freezeout conditions in central S-S collisions at 200-A/GeV. J. Sollfrank, M. Gazdzicki, U.W. Heinz, J. Rafelski. Z.Phys. C 61 (1994) 659-666
116. Relativistic classical limit of quantum theory. J. Rafelski, G.R. Shin. Phys.Rev. A 48 (1993) 1869-1874
117. Evolution modes of the vacuum Wigner function in strong field QED. I. Bialynicki-Birula, E.D. Davis, J. Rafelski. Phys.Lett. B 311 (1993) 329-338.
118. Strange fireballs. J. Rafelski, H. Rafelski, M. Danos. Phys.Lett. B 294 (1992) 131-138.
119. Collective Higgs production in high-energy heavy ion collisions. H.-T. Elze, J. Rafelski. Phys.Lett. B 276 (1992) 501-510
120. Brainwashing random asymmetric "neural" networks. P.C. McGuire, G.C. Littlewort, J. Rafelski Phys.Lett.A 160 (1991) 255-260.
121. Phase space structure of the Dirac vacuum. I. Bialynicki-Birula, P. Gornicki, J. Rafelski. Phys.Rev. D 44 (1991) 1825-1835.
122. Decay of phi in hot matter. P.-Z. Bi, J. Rafelski. Phys.Lett. B 262 (1991) 485-491
123. Strange anti-baryons from quark-gluon plasma. J. Rafelski. Phys.Lett. B 262 (1991) 333-340.
124. Muon catalyzed fusion. (Review) J. Rafelski, H.E. Rafelski. Adv.At.Mol.Opt.Phys. 29 (1991) 177-215.
125. Cold fusion: Muon catalyzed fusion. (Review) H.E. Rafelski, D. Harley, G.R. Shin, J. Rafelski. J.Phys. B 24 (1991) 1469-1516.
126. Strangeness and quark gluon plasma: aspects of theory and experiment. H.C. Eggers, J. Rafelski Int.J.Mod.Phys. A 6 (1991) 1067-1114
127. Reactions of charged massive particle in a deuterium environment. J. Rafelski, M. Sawicki, M. Gajda, D. Harley. Phys.Rev. A 44 (1991) 4345.
128. Localized Higgs fermion states. D. Harley, G. Soff, J. Rafelski. J.Phys. G 16 (1990) L207-L212.
129. Attenuation of The Flux of Neutrachamps In The Earth's Atmosphere. A Parametric Study. M. Sawicki, J. Rafelski. J.Phys. G 16 (1990) L197-L205.
130. Muon Catalyzed Fusion With Z > 1. D. Harley, B. Muller, J. Rafelski. J.Phys. G 16 (1990) 281-
131. Storage Ring Option for Pion Production for MuCF. G.R. Shin, J. Rafelski. JNucl.Instrum.Meth. A 1287 (1990) 565-569.
132. Observation of Cold Nuclear Fusion in Condensed Matter. S.E. Jones, E.P. Palmer, J.B. Czirr, D.L. Decker, G.L. Jensen, J.M. Thorne, S.F. Taylor, J. Rafelski. Nature 338 (1989) 737-740.
133. Parton Bremsstrahlung as a Mechanism of Energy Deposition in High-energy Hadron Nucleus and Nucleus-nucleus Collisions. S. Mrowczynski, J. Rafelski. Phys.Rev. C 40 (1989) 1077-1080.
134. Muon Reactivation In Muon Catalyzed D T Fusion. H.E. Rafelski, B. Muller, J. Rafelski, D. Trautmann, R.D. Viollier. Prog.Part.Nucl.Phys. 22 (1989) 279-338.
135. Quark-Gluon Plasma in 4-GeV/c Anti-proton Annihilations on Nuclei. J. Rafelski. February 1988 Phys.Lett. B 207 (1988) 371-376.
136. Quark-Gluon Plasma in Nuclear Collisions at 200-{GeV}/A. J. Rafelski, A. Schnabel. UCT-TP-81-1987 May 1987 Phys.Lett. B 207 (1988) 6-10.
137. Active Target Production of Muons For Muon Catalyzed Fusion. M. Jandel, M. Danos, J. Rafelski. CERN-TH-4703/87 Apr 1987. Phys.Rev. C 37 (1988) 403-406.
138. Possible Signature for and Early Hadronization Mechanisms of Quark-Gluon Plasma. J. Rafelski, M. Danos. CERN-TH-4686/87 Mar 1987. Phys.Lett. B 192 (1987) 432-436.
139. Longitudinal antiLambda Polarization, antiXi Abundance and Quark Gluon Plasma Formation M. Jacob, J. Rafelski CERN-TH-4649/87 Feb 1987. Phys.Lett. B 190 (1987) 173-176
140. Redistribution of Strangeness Between Quark-Gluon Plasma and Hadronic Gas. J. Rafelski. CERN-TH-4638/87 Jan. 1987. Phys.Lett. B 190 (1987) 167-172.
141. On the Detection of Cosmic Background Neutrinos by Acoustic Phonon Scattering. G. Tupper, B. Muller, J. Rafelski, M. Danos. September 1986 Phys.Rev. D 35 (1987) 394-396.
142. Conventional Nuclear Emc Effect In Deep Inelastic Lepton-Nucleus Scattering. K. Nakano, J. Rafelski. Phys.Rev. C 36 (1987) 1497-.
143. Strangeness in Relativistic Heavy Ion Collisions (Review) P.Koch, B. Muller, J. Rafelski. Phys.Rept. 142 (1986) 167-262
144. Production of Light Pseudoscalar Particles in Heavy Ion Collisions. B. Muller, J. Rafelski. Phys.Rev. D 34 (1986) 2896.
145. Strangeness Production and Evolution in Quark Gluon Plasma P.Koch, B. Muller, J. Rafelski. Z.Phys. A 324 (1986) 453-463
146. Muon Sticking in Muon Catalyzed Doorway $D-TFusion. J. Rafelski, B. Muller. Phys.Lett. B 164 (1985) 223-227.
147. Why the Hadronic Gas Description of Hadronic Reactions Works: The Example of Strange Hadrons. P. Koch, J. Rafelski. UCT-TP-26-2-1985 Apr 1985 South Afr.J.Phys. 9 (1986) 8-23
148. Apparent Muon Loss In Muon Catalyzed Fusion. J. Rafelski. Fusion Tech. 8 (1985) 2727-2730.
149. Photons From Strange Quark Annihilation in Quark - Gluon Plasma G. Staadt, W. Greiner, J. Rafelski. Phys.Rev. D 33 (1986) 66
150. Strangeness Abundances in anti-p Nucleus Annihilations Ch. Derreth, W. Greiner, H.-T. Elze, J. Rafelski. Phys.Rev. C 31 (1985) 1360-1364
151. Resonant Exchange Mechanism: Limitations To Its Effectiveness. S.K. Kauffmann, J. Rafelski. Phys.Rev. D 31 (1985) 1149-1150.
152. Time Evolution of Strange Particle Densities in Hot Hadronic Matter P.Koch, J. Rafelski. UCT-TP 22/85 Dec 1984 Nucl.Phys. A 444 (1985) 678-691
153. Clustered Quark Matter. J.W. Clark, J. Cleymans, J. Rafelski. Phys.Rev. C 33 (1986) 703-708.
154. Kaons and Quark Gluon Plasma N.K. Glendenning, J. Rafelski. Phys.Rev. C 31 (1985) 823-827.
155. Brain without mind: Computer simulation of neural networks with modifiable neuronal interactions. J.W.Clark, J. Rafelski, J.V. Winston Phys.Rep. 123 (1985) 215-273
156. QCD, Bags and Hadron Masses A.T.M. Aerts, J. Rafelski. Phys.Lett. B 148 (1984) 337-342.
157. Color Degrees of Freedom in a Quark-Glue Plasma at Finite Baryon Density. H.-T. Elze, W. Greiner, J. Rafelski. Z.Phys. C 24 (1984) 361-365.
158. Analytic Study of a Sequence of Path Integral Approximations for Simple Quantum Systems at Low Temperature. S.K. Kauffmann, J. Rafelski. ZZ.Phys. C 24 (1984) 157.
159. Strange Particle Production in pp and pn Reactions. W. Greiner, P.Koch, J. Rafelski. Phys.Lett. B 145 (1984) 142-146
160. Self-organization of neural networks J.W. Clark, J.V. Winston, J. Rafelski. Phys.Lett.A 102 (1984) 207-211
161. Nucleon Magnetic Moments in Nuclei and Quark Degrees of Freedom. G. Karl, G.A. Miller, J. Rafelski. Phys.Lett. B 143 (1984) 326-328.
162. On the Color Singlet Quark-Glue-Plasma. H.-T. Elze, W. Greiner, J. Rafelski. Phys.Lett. B 124 (1983) 515-519.
163. A Five-dimensional Dirac Theory And Its Relation To Nonlocal Theories In Four-dimensions. A. Schafer, J. Rafelski, W. Greiner. Annals Phys. 147 (1983) 445-459.
164. Particle Radiation Hot Quark-Gluon Plasma. M. Danos, J. Rafelski. Phys.Rev. D 27 (1983) 671.
165. Strange hadrons in hot nuclear matter P. Koch, J. Rafelski, W. Greiner. Phys.Lett.B 123 (1983) 151-154
166. Role of Internal Symmetry in pbarp Annihilation. B. Muller, J. Rafelski. Phys.Lett.B 116 (1982) 274-278.
167. Formation and Observation of the Quark-Gluon Plasma J. Rafelski Phys.Rept. 88 (1982) 331-347
168. Selfconsistent Gluon Screening of A Strong Su(2) Source. B. Muller, J. Rafelski. Phys.Rev. D 25 (1982) 566-572.
169. Strangeness Production in the Quark - Gluon Plasma. J. Rafelski, B. Muller. Phys.Rev.Lett. 48 (1982) 1066 Erratum: Phys.Rev.Lett. 56 (1986) 2334
170. Analytic Structure and Explicit Solution of an Important Implicit Equation. R. Hagedorn, J. Rafelski. Commun.Math.Phys. 83 (1982) 563-578
171. Mass limits for non-degenerate white dwarfs. G. Schmidt, H.-T. Elze, J. Rafelski. Nucl.Phys. A 364 (1981) 527-532.
172. Temperature Dependence of the Bag Constant and the Effective Lagrangian for Gauge Fields at Finite Temperatures. B. Muller, J. Rafelski. Phys.Lett.B 101 (1981) 111-118.
173. The Importance of the Reaction Volume in Hadronic Collisions. J. Rafelski, M. Danos. Phys.Lett.B 97 (1980) 279-282
174. Hot Hadronic Matter and Nuclear Collisions. R. Hagedorn, J. Rafelski. Phys.Lett.B 97 (1980) 136.
175. Ibm Hamiltonian, Bohr Collective Hamiltonian, and Classical Limit for an Exactly Soluble Model With the Symmetry of O(5). A. Klein, H. Rafelski, J. Rafelski. Nucl.Phys. A 355 (1981) 189-206.
176. The Relativistic Ideal Fermi Gas Revisited. H.-T. Elze, W. Greiner, J. Rafelski. J.Phys. G 6 (1980) L149-L153.
177. anti-p ANNIHILATION ON HEAVY NUCLEI. J. Rafelski. Phys.Lett. B 91 (1980) 281-284.
178. Supercritical Fields and Dynamic Confinement. J. Rafelski. Phys.Lett.B 79 (1978) 419-422.
179. Partons of a Spherical Box. J.S. Bell, A.C. Davis, J. Rafelski. Phys.Lett.B 78 (1978) 67-70.
180. Systematic Investigations of Binding Energies of Inner-Shell Electrons in Superheavy Quasimolecules. G. Soff, J. Reinhardt, W. Betz, J. Rafelski. Phys.Scripta 17 (1978) no.4, 417-419.
181. Spontaneous vacuum decay of supercritical nuclear composites. J. Rafelski, B. Muller, W. Greiner. Z.Phys. A 285 (1978) 49.
182. Higher Order Effects in Charged Current Theory of Weak Interactions: Neutral Currents. M. Danos, J. Rafelski. Phys.Lett.B 73 (1978) 313-316
183. Virial Theorem and Stability of Localized Solutions of Relativistic Classical Interacting Fields. J. Rafelski. Phys.Rev. D 16 (1977) 1890.
184. Some Consequences of Fermi Type Theory of Weak Interactions. M. Danos, J. Rafelski. Lett.Nuovo Cim. 19 (1977) 339.
185. Thomas-Fermi Model of Finite Nuclei. J. Boguta, J. Rafelski. Phys.Lett. 71B (1977) 22-26.
186. Interpretation of External Fields as Temperature. B. Muller, W. Greiner, J. Rafelski. Phys.Lett. A63 (1977) 181-183.
187. Soliton Solutions of a Selfinteracting Dirac Field in Three Space Dimensions. J. Rafelski. Phys.Lett. 66B (1977) 262-266.
188. Soliton Solutions in Three Space Dimensions: Scalar Field in Interaction with the Dirac Field. J. Rafelski. Lett.Nuovo Cim. 17 (1976) 575.
189. Bose Condensation in Supercritical External Fields. 2. Charged Condensates. A. Klein, J. Rafelski. Z.Phys. A284 (1978) 71.
190. The Critical Distance in Collisions of Heavy Ions. J. Rafelski, B. Muller. Phys.Lett. 65B (1976) 205-208.
191. Vector Coupling and Soliton Models of Fermions in Three Space Dimensions. B. Muller, J. Rafelski. Phys.Rev. D14 (1976) 3532.
192. Fermions and Bosons Interacting with Arbitrarily Strong External Fields. (Review) J. Rafelski, L.P. Fulcher, A. Klein. Phys.Rept. 38 (1978) 227-361.
193. Magnetic Splitting of Quasimolecular Electronic States in Strong Fields. J. Rafelski, B. Muller. Phys.Rev.Lett. 36 (1976) 517.
194. Selfconsistent Quark Bag in Three Space Dimensions. J. Rafelski. Phys.Rev. D14 (1976) 2358-2361.
195. Singularities in Quantum Field Theory. M. Danos, J. Rafelski. Nuovo Cim. A49 (1979) 326-367.
196. Comments on Bose Condensation in Supercritical External Fields. A. Klein, J. Rafelski. Phys.Rev. D12 (1975) 1194.
197. Vacuum Polarization and Molecular Potential Effects in Heavy Ion Scattering. J. Rafelski. Phys.Rev. C13 (1976) 2086.
198. Stabilization of the Charged Vacuum Created by Very Strong Electrical Fields in Nuclear Matter. B. Muller, J. Rafelski. Phys.Rev.Lett. 34 (1975) 349.
199. Bose Condensation in Supercritical External Fields. A. Klein, J. Rafelski. Phys.Rev. D11 (1976) 300.
200. Gauge invariance of the vacuum polarization in quantum electrodynamics. M. Danos, J. Rafelski. Lett.Nuovo Cim. 10 (1974) 106-110.
201. Critical Discussion of the Vacuum Polarization Measurements with Muonic Atoms. J. Rafelski, B. Muller, G. Soff, W. Greiner. Annals Phys. 88 (1974) 419.
202. The charged vacuum in over-critical fields. J. Rafelski, B. Muller, W. Greiner. Nucl.Phys. B68 (1974) 585-604.
203. On Contributions to the Pion-Nucleus Optical Potential Nonlinear in Nuclear Density: The Ericson-Ericson Lorentz-Lorenz Correction. A. Klein, J. Rafelski. Phys.Lett. 49B (1974) 318-322.
204. Possible Measurement of The Vacuum Polarization In Heavy Ion Scattering. J. Rafelski, A. Klein. Phys.Rev. C9 (1974) 1756.
205. Solution of the Dirac Equation for Scalar Potentials and its Implications in Atomic Physics. J. Rafelski, G. Soff, B. Muller, W. Greiner. Z.Naturforsch. 28A (1973) 1389.
206. Lower Bound to Limiting Fields in Nonlinear Electrodynamics. J. Rafelski, G. Soff, W. Greiner. Phys.Rev. A7 (1973) 903.
207. Autoionization Spectra of Positrons in Heavy Ion Collisions. J. Rafelski, H. Peitz, B. Muller, W. Greiner. Lett.Nuovo Cim. 8 (1973) no.1, 37-42.
208. Electron Wave Functions in Overcritical Electrostatic Potentials. J. Rafelski, B. Muller, W. Greiner. Nuovo Cim. A18 (1973) 551-573.
209. Superheavy elements and nonlinear electrodynamics. J. Rafelski, W. Greiner, L.P. Fulcher. Nuovo Cim. B13 (1973) 135-160.
210. Fields nonlocal in clifford space. 2. quantum theory of interacting fields. M. Danos, W. Greiner, J. Rafelski. Z.Phys. 258 (1973) 147-162.
211. Solution of the Dirac equation with two Coulomb centers. B. Muller, J. Rafelski, W. Greiner. Phys.Lett.B47 (1973) 5-7.
212. Auto-ionization of positrons in heavy ion collisions. B. Mueller, J. Rafelski, W. Greiner. Z.Phys. 257 (1972) no.3, 183-211.
213. Fields nonlocal in clifford space. I. classical gauge-invariant nonlinear field theory. M. Danos, W. Greiner, J. Rafelski. Phys.Rev. D6 (1972) 3476-3491.
214. A Condition for Vanishing Electromagnetic Selfstress in Nonlinear Classical Electrodynamics. J. Rafelski, L.P. Fulcher, W. Greiner. Nuovo Cim. B7 (1972) 137.
215. Electron shells in over-critical external fields. B. Muller, J. Rafelski, W. Greiner. Z.Phys. A257 (1972) 62.
216. Solution of the Dirac equation for strong external fields. B. Muller, H. Peitz, J. Rafelski, W. Greiner. Phys.Rev.Lett. 28 (1972) 1235.
217. Superheavy Electronic Molecules. J. Rafelski, B. Muller, W. Greiner. Lett.Nuovo Cim. 4 (1972) 469-474.
218. Superheavy elements and an upper limit to the electric field strength. J. Rafelski, L.P. Fulcher, W. Greiner. Phys.Rev.Lett. 27 (1971) 958-961.

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Conference Reports (including: invited, and/or refereed, contributions)

1. Molecular 9Be+p Fusion Reaction J. Rafelski and B. Mueller,
   arXiv preprint arXiv:2502.[nuc-th] submission to special issue of EPJ ST Particles and Plasmas edited by T.S. Biro et al
2. Short note on spin magnetization in QGP A. Steinmetz, J. Rafelski
   arXiv preprint arXiv:2502.05052[hep-ph] submission to special issue of EPJ ST Particles and Plasmas edited by T.S. Biro et al
3. Nuclear Fusion Enhancement by Heavy Nuclear Catalysts C Grayson, J Rafelski
   arXiv preprint arXiv:2502.07804 [physics.plasm-ph] submission to special issue of EPJ ST Particles and Plasmas edited by T.S. Biro et al
4. Higgs Thermal Nonequilibrium in Primordial QGP CT Yang, S Foster, J Rafelski
   arXiv preprint arXiv:2502.03598[hep-ph] submission to special issue of EPJ ST Particles and Plasmas edited by T.S. Biro et al
5. Terrestrial Very-Long-Baseline Atom Interferometry: Workshop Summary Sven Abend et al, J. Rafelski et al
   AVS Quantum Science, 6(2), 024701 [arXiv: 2310.08183 [hep-ex]].
6. Born-Infeld nonlinear electromagnetism in relativistic heavy ion collisions W. Price, M. Formanek and J. Rafelski,
   Acta Phys. Polon. A 143 (2023), S87 [arXiv:2306.07704 [nucl-th]].
7. Improving Euler-Heisenberg-Schwinger effective action with dressed photons S. Evans and J. Rafelski,
   Acta Phys. Polon. A 143 (2023), S13 [arXiv:2306.07887 [hep-ph]].
8. Cold atoms in space: community workshop summary and proposed road-map Iván Alonso, et al Johann Rafelski et al
   arXiv preprint: 2201.07789 [astro-ph] EPJ Quantum Technology 9 Article number: 30 (2022)
9. Reactions Governing Strangeness Abundance in Primordial Universe Johann Rafelski and Cheng Tao Yang
   arXiv preprint arXiv 2009.05661 [hep-ph] updated 8 Aug 2021, Contribution to SQM2021 Online conference EPJ Web Conf. 259 (2022) 13001
10. The muon abundance in the primordial Universe Jan Rafelski and Cheng Tao Yang
    arXiv preprint arXiv:2103.07812, [hep-ph] Lecture at 60th Jubilee Zakopane Summer School Acta Phys.Polon.B 52 (2021) 277
11. Die Erste Stunde (The first hour) J Rafelski
    arXiv preprint arXiv:1804.09909 [physics.hist-ph] Report at a conference dedicated to Walter Greiner Published in _ Discoveries at the Frontiers of Science: From Nuclear Astrophysics to Relativistic Heavy Ion Collisions pages 331-349 (2020)
12. Topical Issue on Frontiers in Nuclear, Heavy Ion and Strong Field Physics T Biro, C Greiner, B Muller, J Rafelski, H Stocker
    The European Physical Journal A 54 (2), 31 arXiv preprint:1802.04850 Introduction to special issue dedicated to Walter Greiner;
13. The Mar(e)k of QGP: Strangeness. J. Rafelski
    [arXiv:1701.00296 [hep-ph]] Vol. 10 (2017) Acta Phys.Polon.Supp. B Proceedings Supplement 10 (2017) 867-893 10th International Workshop on Critical Point and Onset of Deconfinement (CPOD 2016) 30 May-04 Jun 2016. Wroclaw, Poland
14. Probing QED Vacuum with Heavy Ions. J. Rafelski, J. Kirsch, B. Muller, J. Reinhardt, W. Greiner.
    [arXiv:1604.08690 [nucl-th]]. p.211-251 FIAS Interdisc.Sci.Ser. ISBN 9783319441658 (Springer Heidelberg 2017) presented at New Horizons in Fundamental Physics, 22-29 November 2015, Makutsi, South Africa.
15. Charting the future frontier(s) of particle production. (Contribution to special volume) J. Rafelski.
    [arXiv:1608.07196 [hep-ph]]. Acta Phys.Polon. B47 (2016) 1977. Acta Phys.Polon. B47 (2016) 1977.
16. Hagedorn legacy. J. Rafelski.
    [arXiv:1604.08687[physics.hist-ph]]. EPJ Web Conf. 126 (2016) 03001. 4th International Conference on New Frontiers in Physics (ICNFP 2015) 23-30 Aug 2015. Kolymbari, Greece
17. The hot Hagedorn Universe. J. Rafelski, J. Birrell. [arXiv:1604.08689 [hep-ph]]. EPJ Web Conf. 126 (2016) 03005. 4th International Conference on New Frontiers in Physics (ICNFP 2015) 23-30 Aug 2015. Kolymbari, Greece
18. QCD phase transition studied by means of hadron production. J. Rafelski, M. Petran.
    Phys.Part.Nucl. 46 (2015) no.5, 748-755. Reprint available here32th Max Born Symposium, 17-19 Feb 2014. Wroclaw, Poland
19. Probing the quantum vacuum with ultra intense laser pulses. (Contribution in special issue) B.M. Hegelich, G. Mourou, J. Rafelski. [arXiv:1412.8234 [physics.optics]]. Eur.Phys.J.ST 223 (2014) no.6, 1093-1104.
20. Universal QGP Hadronization Conditions at RHIC and LHC. J. Rafelski, M. Petran.
    [arXiv:1406.1871 [nucl-th]] EPJ Web Conf. 78 (2014) 06004. Wigner 111 Scientific Symposium : Colourful and Deep Conference 11-13 Nov 2013. Budapest, Hungary
21. Strangeness in QGP: Hadronization Pressure. J. Rafelski, M. Petran. [arXiv:1403.4036 [nucl-th]] Acta Phys.Polon.Supp. 7 (2014) no.1, 35-47. 31 Max Born Symposium and HIC for FAIR Workshop Three Days of critical behavior in hot and dense QCD 14-16 Jun 2013. Wroclaw, Poland
22. Traveling Through the Universe: Back in Time to the Quark-Gluon Plasma Era. J. Rafelski, J. Birrell. [arXiv:1311.0075 [nucl-th]]. J.Phys.Conf.Ser. 509 (2014) 012014. 14th International Conference on Strangeness in Quark Matter (SQM 2013) 22-27 Jul 2013. Birmingham, UK
23. Charm decay as a source of multistrange hadrons. M. Petran, J. Letessier, V. Petracek, J. Rafelski. [arXiv:1310.2551 [hep-ph]] J.Phys.Conf.Ser. 509 (2014) 012063. 14th International Conference on Strangeness in Quark Matter (SQM 2013) 22-27 Jul 2013. Birmingham, UK
24. Interpretation of strange hadron production at LHC. M. Petran, J. Letessier, V. Petracek, J. Rafelski. [arXiv:1309.6382 [hep-ph]] J.Phys.Conf.Ser. 509 (2014) 012018. 14th International Conference on Strangeness in Quark Matter (SQM 2013) 22-27 Jul 2013. Birmingham, UK
25. Connecting QGP-Heavy Ion Physics to the Early Universe. J. Rafelski. [arXiv:1306.2471 [astro-ph.CO]] Nucl.Phys.Proc.Suppl. 243-244 (2013) 155-162. 4th International Conference on Particle and Fundamental Physics in Space (SpacePart12) 5-7 Nov 2012. CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
26. From Quark-Gluon Universe to Neutrino Decoupling: 200 < T < 2MeV. M.J. Fromerth, I. Kuznetsova, L. Labun, J. Letessier, J. Rafelski. [arXiv:1211.4297 [nucl-th]]. Acta Phys.Polon. B43 (2012) no.12, 2261-2284. 52nd Cracow School of Theoretical Physics : Astroparticle Physics in the LHC Era. 19-27 May 2012. Zakopane, Poland
27. Compact Ultradense Objects in the Solar System. J. Rafelski, Ch. Dietl, L. Labun. [arXiv:1303.4506 [astro-ph.EP]]. Acta Phys.Polon. B43 (2012) no.12, 2251-2260. 52nd Cracow School of Theoretical Physics : Astroparticle Physics in the LHC Era. 19-27 May 2012. Zakopane, Poland
28. Nonlinear Electromagnetic Forces in Astrophysics. L. Labun, J. Rafelski. [arXiv:1303.4653 [astro-ph.HE]]. Acta Phys.Polon. B43 (2012) no.12, 2237-2250. 52nd Cracow School of Theoretical Physics : Astroparticle Physics in the LHC Era. 19-27 May 2012. Zakopane, Poland
29. Nonlinear Electromagnetic Forces in Astrophysics. L. Labun, J. Rafelski. [arXiv:1303.4653 [astro-ph.HE]]. Acta Phys.Polon. B43 (2012) no.12, 2237-2250. 52nd Cracow School of Theoretical Physics : Astroparticle Physics in the LHC Era. 19-27 May 2012. Zakopane, Poland
30. Resolution of the proton radius puzzle via off-shell form factors. G.A. Miller, A.W. Thomas, J.D. Carroll, J. Rafelski. AIP Conf.Proc. 1441 (2012) 150-152. 19th International Conference on Particles and Nuclei (PANIC 11) 24-29 Jul 2011. Cambridge, MA, USA
31. What's new with the neutron and proton. G.A. Miller, A.W. Thomas, J.D. Carroll, J. Rafelski. Few Body Syst. 52 (2012) 357-366. Light Cone 2011 23-27 May 2011. Dallas, Texas, USA
32. Critical Acceleration and Quantum Vacuum. J. Rafelski, L. Labun. [arXiv:1204.4923 [hep-ph]]. Mod.Phys.Lett. A28 (2013) 1340014. LeCosPA Symposium 6-9 Feb 2012. Taipei, Taiwan
33. Temperature of Electron Fluctuations in an Accelerated Vacuum. L. Labun, J. Rafelski. [arXiv:1204.4665 [hep-ph]]. Mod.Phys.Lett. A28 (2013) 1340015. LeCosPA Symposium 6-9 Feb 2012. Taipei, Taiwan
34. Planetary Impacts by Clustered Quark Matter Strangelets. L. Labun, J. Rafelski. [arXiv:1112.5765 [hep-ph]] Acta Phys.Polon.Supp. 5 (2012) 381-386. Strangeness in Quark Matter (SQM2011) September 18-24 Krakow, Poland
35. Strangeness and Quark--Gluon Plasma. J. Rafelski. [arXiv:1112.4890 [nucl-th]] Acta Phys.Polon. B43 (2012) 829. Strangeness in Quark Matter (SQM2011) September 18-24 Krakow, Poland
36. Strangeness Production in Au-Au collisions at sqrt{s_{NN}}=62.4GeV. M. Petran, J. Letessier, V. Petracek, J. Rafelski. [arXiv:1112.3189 [hep-ph]] Acta Phys.Polon.Supp. 5 (2012) 255-262. Strangeness in Quark Matter (SQM2011) September 18-24 Krakow, Poland
37. The Radius of the Proton: Size Does Matter. J.D. Carroll, A.W. Thomas, J. Rafelski, G.A. Miller. [arXiv:1105.2384 [physics.atom-ph]]. AIP Conf.Proc. 1354 (2011) 25-31. T(r)opical QCD 2010 26 Sep - 1 Oct 2010. Cairns, Australia
38. Statistical Hadronization of Multistrange Particles. M. Petran, J. Letessier, V. Petracek, J. Rafelski. [arXiv:1010.3749 [hep-ph]] Acta Phys.Polon. B 41 (2010) 2785-2797 the L Crakow School of Theoretical Physics, Zakopane, Poland, June 9-19, 2010: Particle Physics at the Dawn of the LHC
39. Strong Field Physics: Probing Critical Acceleration and Inertia with Laser Pulses and Quark-Gluon Plasma. L. Labun, J. Rafelski. [arXiv:1010.1970 [hep-ph]]. Acta Phys.Polon. B 41 (2010) 2763-2783.
40. Horizons of Strong Field Physics. J. Rafelski, L. Labun, Yaron Hadad. [arXiv:0911.5556 [physics.gen-ph]]. AIP Conf.Proc. 1228 (2010) 39-53. Light at Extreme Intensities. (LEI 2009) 16-21 Oct 2009. Brasov, Romania
41. Quantum Vacuum Structure and Cosmology. J. Rafelski, L. Labun, Y. Hadad, P. Chen. [arXiv:0909.2989 [gr-qc]]. eCONF C0906083 (2009) 26. 10th Workshop on Non-Perturbative Quantum Chromodynamics 8-12 Jun 2009. Paris, France
42. Resonances Do Not Equilibrate. I. Kuznetsova, J. Letessier, J. Rafelski. [arXiv:0902.2550 [nucl-th]] Acta Phys.Polon. B 40 (2009) 1013-1024 IV Workshop on Particle Correlations and Femptoscopy, 11-14 September, 2008 Krakow, Poland,
43. Critical Hadronization Pressure. J. Rafelski, J. Letessier. [arXiv:0902.0063 [hep-ph]] J.Phys. G 36 (2009) 064017 SQM 2008 6-10 Oct 2008. Beijing, China
44. Non-Equilibrium Heavy Flavored Hadron Yields from Chemical Equilibrium Strangeness-Rich QGP. I. Kuznetsova, J. Rafelski. [arXiv:0801.0788 [hep-ph]] J.Phys. G 35 (2008) 044043 SQM 2007 24-29 Jun 2007. Levoca, Slovakia
45. Strangeness and threshold of phase changes. J. Rafelski, I. Kuznetsova, J. Letessier. [arXiv:0801.0588 [nucl-th]] J.Phys. G 35 (2008) 044011 SQM 2007 24-29 Jun 2007. Levoca, Slovakia
46. Strangeness enhancement at LHC. J. Rafelski, J. Letessier. [ [arXiv:0801.0572 [hep-ph]] J.Phys. G 35 (2008) 044042 SQM 2007 24-29 Jun 2007. Levoca, Slovakia
47. Particle Production and Deconfinement Threshold. J. Rafelski, J. Letessier. [arXiv:0901.2406 [hep-ph]] PoS CONFINEMENT8 (2008) 111 Quark Confinement and the Hadron Spectrum (Confinement VIII) 1-6 Sep 2008. Mainz, Germany
48. (Contributions in group special issue) Heavy Ion Collisions at the LHC-Last Call for Predictions. N. Armesto et al. [arXiv:0711.0974 [hep-ph]] J.Phys. G 35 (2008) 054001
49. Strangeness Enhancement: Challenges and Successes. J. Rafelski. [arXiv:07101931 [nucl-th]] Eur.Phys.J.ST 155 (2008) 139-166Zimanyi 75 Memorial Workshop on Hadronic and Quark Matter 2-4 Jul 2007. Budapest, Hungary
50. Quarks in the universe. J. Rafelski. [arXiv:0710.2142[nucl-th]]. Int.J.Mod.Phys. E 16 (2007) 813-828. ISHIP 2006 3-6 Apr 2006. Frankfurt, Germany
51. Status of Strangeness-Flavor Signature of QGP. J. Rafelski, J. Letessier. [hep-ph/0610.106] Acta Phys.Polon. B 37 (2006) 3315-3342 XLVI Cracow School of Theoretical Physics, May 25-June 5, 2006 Zakopane, Poland
52. Strangeness and thresholds of phase changes in relativistic heavy ion collisions. J. Rafelski, J. Letessier. [hep-ph/0512265] Nucl.Phys.Proc.Suppl. 161 (2006) 200-209Light Cone 2005 7-15 Jul 2005. Cairns, Queensland, Australia
53. (Contribution to experimental collabortion special issue) ALICE: Physics performance report, volume II. ALICE Collaboration (B Alessandro et al.). J.Phys. G 32 (2006) 1295-2040
54. Particle multiplicities and fluctuations in 200-GeV Au-Au collisions. G. Torrieri, S.Y. Jeon, J. Rafelski. [nucl-th/0510024]. AIP Conf.Proc. 828 (2006) 55-61. 35th International Symposium on Multiparticle Dynamics (ISMD 2005) 9-15 Aug 2005. Kromeriz, Czech Republic
55. Constraining freeze-out with yields and fluctuations. G. Torrieri, S.Y. Jeon, J. Rafelski. [nucl-th/0509077]. Rom.Rep.Phys. 58 (2006) 031-036. Quark Matter 2005 4-9 Aug 2005. Budapest, Hungary
56. A Statistical model analysis of yields and fluctuations in 200- GeV Au-Au collisions. G. Torrieri, S.Y. Jeon, J. Rafelski. [nucl-th/0509067]. Nucleonics 51 (2006) 99-103. Quark Matter 2005 4-9 Aug 2005. Budapest, Hungary
57. Strangeness and the discovery of quark-gluon plasma. J. Rafelski, J. Letessier. [hep-ph/0506011] J.Phys.Conf.Ser. 50 (2006) 176-191 Physics and Astrophysics of Quark Gluon Plasma ICPAQGP 2005 8-12 Feb 2005. Salt Lake City, Kolkata, India
58. Hadronization and quark probes of deconfinement at RHIC. H.Z. Huang, J. Rafelski. [hep-ph/0501187] AIP Conf.Proc. 756 (2005) 210-227 Confinement VI 21-25 Sep 2004. Villasimius, Sardinia, Italy
59. Statistical hadronization with resonances. G. Torrieri, J. Letessier, J. Rafelski, S. Steinke. [nucl-th/0411007] Acta Phys.Polon. B 35 (2004) 2911-2927 XLIV Cracow School of Theoretical Physics, May 28-June 6, 2004, Zakopane, Poland
60. Multiplicities and bulk thermodynamic quantities at s(NN)**(1/2) = 130-GeV with SHARE. G. Torrieri, J. Rafelski. [hep-ph/0409160] J.Phys.Conf.Ser. 5 (2005) 246 Focus on Multiplicity 17-19 Jun 2004. Bari, Italy
61. Hadron resonance probes of QGP. G. Torrieri, J. Rafelski. [nucl-th/0410101] Nukleonika 49 (2004) Suppl2, s109-s114 Particle Correlations and Resonances in Heavy Ion Collisions 15-18 Oct 2003. Warsaw, Poland
62. Strangeness and statistical hadronization: How to study quark gluon plasma. J. Rafelski, J. Letessier. [hep-ph/0309030] Acta Phys.Polon. B 34 (2003) 5791-5824 XLIII Cracow School of Theoretical Physics, May 30-June 8, 2003, Zakopane, Poland
63. Strangeness excitation function in heavy ion collisions. J. Rafelski, J. Letessier. [hep-ph/0308154] AIP Conf.Proc. 739 (2004) 216-222 HADRON-RANP 2004 28 Mar-3 Apr 2004 Angra dos Reis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
64. A Comparison of statistical hadronization models. G. Torrieri, J. Rafelski. [nucl-th/0305071] J.Phys. G 30 (2004) S557-S564 Strangeness in Quark Matter (SQM 2003) 12-17 Mar 2003 Atlantic Beach, NC
65. Strangeness and quark gluon plasma. J. Rafelski, J. Letessier. [hep-ph/0305284] J.Phys. G 30 (2004) S1-S28 Strangeness in Quark Matter (SQM 2003) 12-17 Mar 2003 Atlantic Beach, NC
66. Testing limits of statistical hadronization. J. Rafelski, J. Letessier. [nucl-th/0209084] Nucl.Phys. A 715 (2003) 98-107> Quark Matter 2002 18-24 Jul 2002. Nantes, France
67. Hadronic signature of quark-gluon plasma. J. Rafelski, J. Letessier. in Quark Confinement and the Hadron Spectrum (Confinement V) Editors: N. Brambilla, G.M. Prosperi; p.42-51 (World Scientific 2003) Confinement V 10-14 Sep 2002. Gargnano, Brescia, Italy
68. Generalization of Boltzmann equilibration dynamics. T.J. Sherman, J. Rafelski. [physics/0204011 [physics.class-ph]]. Lect.Notes Phys. 633 (2004) 377-384. DICE 2002 2-6 Sep 2002. Piombino, Tuscany, Italy
69. Entropy Production in Relativistic Hydrodynamics. H.-T. Elze, J. Rafelski, L. Turko. in Non-Perturbative QCD Sixth Workshop Paris, France, 5 - 9 June 2001
70. Strange hadron resonances and QGP freezeout. G. Torrieri, J. Rafelski. [hep-ph/0112195] J.Phys. G 28 (2002) 1911-1920 6th International Conference on Strange Quarks in Matter: 2001 (SQM2001) 24-29 Sep 2001. Frankfurt, Germany
71. Strangeness, equilibration, hadronization. J. Rafelski. [hep-ph/0112185] J.Phys. G 28 (2002) 1833-1840 6th International Conference on Strange Quarks in Matter: 2001 (SQM2001) 24-29 Sep 2001. Frankfurt, Germany
72. Importance of reaction volume in hadronic collisions: Canonical enhancement. J. Rafelski, J. Letessier. [hep-ph/0112151] J.Phys. G 28 (2002) 1819-1832 6th International Conference on Strange Quarks in Matter: 2001 (SQM2001) 24-29 Sep 2001. Frankfurt, Germany
73. Strangeness and statistical QCD. J. Rafelski, J. Letessier. [hep-ph/0112027] Nucl.Phys. A 702 (2002) 304-325 International Symposium on Statistical QCD 26-30 Aug 2001 Bielefeld, Germany
74. Probing dense matter with strange hadrons. J. Rafelski, J. Letessier. [hep-ph/0111467] pp.263-274 6th Workshop on Non-Perturbative Quantum Chromodynamics QCD, Paris, France, 5-9 Jun 2001,
75. J/psi production at RHIC in a QGP. R.L. Thews, J. Rafelski. [hep-ph/0104025] Nucl.Phys. A 698 (2002) 575-578 QM2001; 15-20 Jan. 2001. Stony Brook, New York
76. Strangeness and QGP freezeout dynamics. J. Rafelski, G. Torrieri, J. Letessier. [hep-ph/0104132] 36th Rencontres de Moriond on: QCD and Hadronic Interactions, 17-24 Mar 2001 Les Arcs, France
77. The Strange quark gluon plasma. J. Rafelski, G. Torrieri, J. Letessier. [nucl-th/0101025]. p.286-321 Relativistic Aspects of Nuclear Physics (RANP2000) Ed. T. Kodama, et al. (World Scientific, 2001). 17-20 Oct 2000. Caraguatatuba, Sao Paulo, Brazil
78. Baryon rich quark gluon plasma in nuclear collision. M. Danos, J. Rafelski. [nucl-th/0011049] Heavy Ion Phys. 14 (2001) 97-120. Symposium on Fundamental Issues in Elementary Matter in Honor and Memory of M. Danos 25-29 Sep 2000. Bad Honnef, Germany
79. On the strange-quark-gluon plasma front line. J. Rafelski. J.Phys. G 27 (2001) 723-726 SQM2000; 20-25 Jul 2000. Berkeley, CA
80. Charm production in the hot-glue scenario. M. Schroedter, R.L. Thews, J. Rafelski. J.Phys. G 27 (2001) 691-694 SQM2000; 20-25 Jul 2000. Berkeley, CA
81. QGP fireball explosion. J. Letessier, G. Torrieri, S. Hamieh, J. Rafelski. [nucl-th/0011048] J.Phys. G 27 (2001) 427-438 Presented at 5th International Conference on Strangeness in Quark Matter (SQM2000) 20-25 Jul 2000. Berkeley, CA
82. Formation of quarkonium states at RHIC. R.L. Thews, M. Schroedter, J. Rafelski. [hep-ph/0009090] J.Phys. G 27 (2001) 715 5th International Conference on Strangeness in Quark Matter (SQM2000) 20-25 Jul 2000. Berkeley, CA
83. Long-range vacuum correlations?. J. Rafelski, H.-T. Elze. p.31-36 in proceedings of 5th Workshop on QCD (QCD 2000), 3-7 Jan. 2000. Villefranche-sur-Mer, France,
84. B(c) production at RHIC as a signal for deconfinement. R.L. Thews, J. Rafelski. [hep-ph/9907424] (version:talk at QM1999-Torino, Italy see Ref.[1] in manuscript), also in: Acta Phys.Polon. B 30 (1999) 3637-3646 XXXIX Cracow School of Theoretical Physics, May 29-June 8, 1999, Zakopane, Poland
85. Diagnosis of QGP with strange hadrons. J. Rafelski, J. Letessier. [hep-ph/9910300] Acta Phys.Polon. B 30 (1999) 3559-3583 the XXXIX Cracow School of Theoretical Physics, May 29-June 8, 1999, Zakopane, Poland
86. (Contributions in group research report) Last call for RHIC predictions. S.A. Bass et al. [nucl-th/9907090] Nucl.Phys. A 661 (1999) 205-260
87. QGP formation at CERN SPS: Hadronic particles. J. Rafelski, J. Letessier. In Heavy ion physics from Bevalac to RHIC Ed. R. Seto pp 302-307 (World Scientific, 1999) Centennial Meeting of APS 20-26 Mar 1999. Atlanta, Georgia
88. $B_cmesons as a signal of deconfinement. L.P. Fulcher, J. Rafelski, R.L. Thews. [hep-ph/9905201] In Heavy ion physics from Bevalac to RHIC Ed. R. Seto pp 156-161 (World Scientific, 1999) Centennial Meeting of APS 20-26 Mar 1999. Atlanta, Georgia
89. Hadron Freeze-Out and QGP Hadronization. J. Rafelski, J. Letessier. [hep-ph/9902365] pp 33-47 in Advances in Nuclear Dynamics 5 15th Winter Workshop (WWND 1999) 9-16 Jan. 1999. Park City, Utah, USA
90. Strange particle chemical freezeout. J. Letessier, J. Rafelski. Nucl.Phys. A 661 (1999) 497-501. 14th International Conference on Ultrarelativistic Nucleus-Nucleus Collisions (QM 1999) 10-15 May 1999. Torino, Italy
91. Interfering QCD / QED vacuum polarization. H.-T. Elze, B. Muller, J. Rafelski. [hep-ph/9811372]. Collective excitations in Fermi and Bose systems ISBN 981-02-3735-9 (world Scientific, 1999) 14-17 Sep 1998 Serra Negra, SP, Brazil
92. Chemical nonequilibrium in high-energy nuclear collisions. J. Letessier, J. Rafelski. [hep-ph/9810332] J.Phys. G 25 (1999) 295-309 4th International Conference on Strangeness in Quark Matter (SQM 1998) 20-24 Jul 1998 Padova, Italy
93. Quo vadis strangeness?. J. Rafelski. [hep-ph/9810330] J.Phys. G 25 (1999) 451-468 4th International Conference on Strangeness in Quark Matter (SQM 1998) 20-24 Jul 1998 Padova, Italy
94. Electromagnetic fields in the QCD vacuum. J. Rafelski. [hep-ph/9806389v1]. p. 425-439 in Frontier tests of QED and physics of the vacuum, p (Heron Press,Sofia, Bulgaria, Dec 1, 1998) Frontier Tests of Quantum Electrodynamics and Physics of the Vacuum 9-15 Jun 1998. Sandansky, Bulgaria
95. QCD bag mass spectrum and phase transitions. A. Tounsi, J. Letessier, J. Rafelski. [hep-ph/9811290]. in "Quantum chromodynamics 4th Workshop H.M. Fried, B. Mueller. (Singapore, World Scientific, 1999). 473p., 1-6 June, 1998, Paris, France
96. Variational approach to hydrodynamics: From QGP to general relativity. H.-T. Elze, T. Kodama, Y. Hama, M. Makler, J. Rafelski. [hep-ph/9809570]. in "Quantum chromodynamics 4th Workshop H.M. Fried, B. Mueller. (Singapore, World Scientific, 1999). 473p., Paris, France, 1-6 June, 1998
97. Thermal flavor production and signatures of deconfinement. J. Rafelski, J. Letessier, A. Tounsi. [hep-ph/9710311] In 28th International Conference, ICHEP'96, Warsaw, Poland, July 25-31, 1996 Singapore: (World Scientific,1997) pp 971-978.
98. Hadronic signatures of deconfinement in relativistic nuclear collisions. J. Rafelski, J. Letessier, A. Tounsi. [hep-ph/9710340] Acta Phys.Polon. B 28 (1997) 2841-2872 XXXVII Cracow School of Theoretical Physics, Zakopane, Poland, May 30-June 10, 1997
99. Relativistic quark physics. J. Rafelski. [nucl-th/9807011]. In Rio de Janeiro 1997, Relativistic aspects of nuclear physics, pp 289-338. Edited by T. Kodama, C.E. Aguiar, S.B. Duarte, Y. Hama, G. Odyniec, H. Stroebele (World Scientific, 1998) 5th International Conference on Relativistic Aspects of Nuclear Physics 27-29 Aug 1997 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
100. Renormalization group and thermal flavor production in QGP. J. Rafelski, J. Letessier, A. Tounsi . Preprint p.388-397 in QCD: Collisions, confinement and chaos Edited by H.M. Fried and B. Muller (World Scientific, 1997) 414p. 3rd Paris Workshop on QCD 3-8 Jun 1996. Paris, France
101. Thermal strangeness and charm in QGP. J. Rafelski, J. Letessier, A. Tounsi. Heavy Ion Phys. 4 (1996) 181-192. Strangeness in Hadronic Matter (SQM 1996) Edited by T. Csoergoe, P. Levai, J. Zimanyi. (Budapest, Akad. Kiado, 1996). 15-17 May 1996. Budapest, Hungary
102. Hadronic Matter at extreme conditions in relativistic nuclear collisions. J. Rafelski, J. Letessier, A. Tounsi. J. Moscow Phys. Soc. 6 (1996) 19-35 ; Presented at Fundamental Interaction of Elementary Particles Russian Academy of Sciences, 1995 Moscow, Russia.
103. Flavor flow signatures of quark-gluon plasma. J. Rafelski, J. Letessier, A. Tounsi Preprint In Relativistic aspects of nuclear physics pp 211-268 Edited by T. Kodama, K.-C. Chung, H. Stroebele, C.-Y. Wong. (World Scientific, 1996) 523p. 4th International Workshop on Relativistic Aspects of Nuclear Physics (RANP 1995) 28-30 Aug 1995. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
104. Strange anti-baryons from QGP. J. Letessier, J. Rafelski, A. Tounsi. [hep-ph/9711312]. Nucl.Phys. A 590 (1995) 613-616 11th International Conference on Ultra-Relativistic Nucleus-Nucleus Collisions (Quark Matter 95), 9-13 Jan. 1995. Monterey, CA
105. The Strange quark gluon plasma. J. Rafelski, U.W. Heinz, J. Letessier, J. Sollfrank, A. Tounsi. Pages from proceedings volume 28th Rencontres de Moriond: QCD and High-energy Hadronic Interactions Conference 20-27 Mar 1993. Les Arcs, France
106. Strangeness and entropy production in relativistic nuclear collisions. U.W. Heinz, J. Letessier, J. Rafelski, J. Sollfrank, A. Tounsi. Pages from proceedings volume 28th Rencontres de Moriond: QCD and High-energy Hadronic Interactions 20-27 Mar 1993. Les Arcs, France
107. Strange anti-baryons and high entropy phase. J. Letessier, A. Tounsi, U.W. Heinz, J. Sollfrank, J. Rafelski. In *Calcutta 1993, Physics and astrophysics of quark-gluon plasma* 404-407 2nd International Conference on Physics and Astrophysics of Quark Gluon Plasma (ICPAQGP 1993) 19-23 Jan. 1993. Calcutta, India
108. Training Random Asymmetric "Neural" Networks Towards Chaos — A Progress Report. P. C. McGuire, G.C. Littlewort, C. Pershing, J. Rafelski. Neural Network Dynamics p 90-102 in Complex Dynamics in Neural Networks June 17-21 1991 at IIASS, Vietri, Italy
109. QGP and strange antibaryons. J. Rafelski. AIP Conf.Proc. 243 (1992) 874-878 Intersections between Particle and Nuclear Physics 24-29 May 1991. Tucson, AZ
110. Pion asymmetry from quark-gluon plasma. J. Rafelski, E.D. Davis, U.W. Heinz. AIP Conf.Proc. 276 (1993) 336-345presented at The seventh international symposium on very high energy cosmic-ray interactions 21−27 Jun 1992, Ann Arbor, MI
111. Seeking QGP with strange anti-baryons. J. Rafelski Conf.Proc.Volume 1, pp470-473. World Scientific (Singapore 1992) Joint International Lepton Photon Symposium at High Energies (15th) and European Physical Society Conference on High-energy Physics Conference 25 Jul-1 Aug 1991. Geneva, Switzerland
112. Strange and hot matter. J. Rafelski. Nucl.Phys. A 544 (1992) 279-292. QM91: 9th International Conference on Ultra-Relativistic Nucleus-Nucleus Collisions Conference 11-15 Nov 1991. Gatlinburg, TN
113. Collective Higgs production in high-energy heavy ion collisions. Hans-Thomas Elze, J. Rafelski. Nucl.Phys. A 544 (1992) 585-592. QM91: 9th International Conference on Ultra-Relativistic Nucleus-Nucleus Collisions Conference 11-15 Nov 1991. Gatlinburg, TN
114. Flavor flow from quark gluon plasma. J. Rafelski. see pp 39-54 in this pdf of proceedings 4th Workshop on Experiments and Detectors for a Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) Conference Jul 2-7, 1990, BNL, Upton, NY
115. (t mu) + d In-flight Fusion. D. Harley, B. Muller, J. Rafelski. in Symposium on Muon Catalyzed Fusion Report RAL-90-022, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, 1990 pp. 56-58; presented at MuCF 1989 International Symposium, 11-13 Sept. 1989 Kebble College, Oxford, UK
116. An A B C of Strangeness. H.C. Eggers, J. Rafelski. pp 187-208 in proceedings The nuclear equation of state W. Greiner, H. Stocker. 1989. (NATO ASI Series B, Physics, Vol. 216b) 21 May- 3 June 1989, Peniscola, Spain
117. Parton bremsstrahlung as a mechanism of soft hadronic interactions at high-energies. S. Mrowczynski, J. Rafelski. In proceedings: pp 511-515 in The nuclear equation of state W. Greiner, H. Stocker. 1989. (NATO ASI Series B, Physics, Vol. 216b) 21 May- 3 June 1989, Peniscola, Spain
118. Strange Particles and Quark-Gluon Plasma in Nuclear Collisions: Current Status. H.C. Eggers, J. Rafelski. Text extracted at Stanford Library from proceedings 24th Rencontres de Moriond: New Results in Hadronic Interactions 12-18 Mar 1989, Les Arcs, France
119. Deep anti-proton annihilations on nuclei. J. Rafelski. In: Antiproton nucleon and antiproton nucleus interactions pp 231-239. (Plenum Press, 1990). 10-18 Jun 1988. Erice, Italy
120. Nuclear collisions and strange particles in QGP. J. Rafelski, A. Schnabel. AIP Conf.Proc. 176 (1988) 1068-1073. Intersections between particle and nuclear physics, 14-19 May 1988. Rockport, Maine
121. Quark gluon plasma in antiproton annihilations on nuclei. J. Rafelski. AIP Conf.Proc. 176 (1988) 393-398. Intersections between particle and nuclear physics, 14-19 May 1988. Rockport, Maine
122. Strange particles form hadronic collisions. J. Rafelski. p.135-140 in 23rd Rencontres de Moriond: Current Issues in Hadron Physics 13-19 Mar 1988. Les Arcs, France
123. Pion And Negative Muon Production For Muon Catalyzed Fusion. M. Jandel, M. Danos, J. Rafelski. CERN-TH-4810/87 July 1987, MuCF1987 26-29 May 1987. Gatchina, USSR
124. Strange Signals of Quark Gluon Plasma. J. Rafelski. CERN-TH-4716/87 p.519-528 in 22nd Rencontres de Moriond: Hadrons, Quarks and Gluons 15-21 Mar 1987. Les Arcs, France
125. Hot Strange Matter In Relativistic Nuclear Collisions J. Rafelski Preprint CERN-TH-4715-87, May 1987 p.340-351 in The Elementary Structure of Matter (Springer 1988) 24 Mar - 2 Apr 1987. Les Houches, France
126. Conference Panel: 2nd International Conference On Nucleus-nucleus Collisions, H. Gutbrod, J. Bondorf, G. Gregoire, G.C. Morrison, S. Nagamiya, J. Rafelski. Nucl.Phys. A 447 (1986) 655-. June 10-14, 1985, Visby, Sweden.
127. Vacuum Structure And Nonrelativistic Heavy Ion Collisions. B. Muller, J. Rafelski. p. 80 in Volume 1 Ed. B. Jacobsson and K. Aleklett: Contributed papers: 2nd International Conference On Nucleus-nucleus Collisions, June 10-14, 1985, Visby, Sweden.
128. Why the Statistical Approach Works in Hadronic Reactions. P. Koch, J. Rafelski. p. 129 in Volume 1 Ed. B. Jacobsson and K. Aleklett: Contributed papers 2nd International Conference On Nucleus-nucleus Collisions, June 10-14, 1985, Visby, Sweden.
129. Nuclear matter under extreme conditions J. Rafelski, M. Danos Lect.Notes Phys. 231 (1985) 361-455 Presented at 3rd Advanced Course in Theoretical Physics 16-27 Jan. 1984 Cape Town, South Africa
li> Strangeness Production in the Quark Gluon Plasma. J. Rafelski. Nucl.Phys. A 418 (1984) 215C-235C QUARK MATTER 1983 3rd International Conference on Ultra Relativistic Nucleus-Nucleus Collisions (QM1993) 26-29 Sep 1983. Upton, NY.
130. Strangeness and Phase Changes in Hot Hadronic Matter J. Rafelski. CERN-TH-3685 Aug 1983 Reprinted abbreviated in Melting Hadrons, Boiling Quarks - From Hagedorn Temperature to Ultra-Relativistic Heavy-Ion Collisions at CERN with a tribute to Rolf Hagedorn, pp401-416. Reprinted in full Eur.Phys.J. A 51 (2015) no.9 6th High-Energy Heavy Ion Study p.489-510 in Report LBL-16281 28 Jun - 1 Jul 1983. Berkeley, CA
131. Pion Radiation Hot Quark-Gluon Plasma. J. Rafelski, M. Danos. CERN-TH-3607 May 1983. . 6th High-Energy Heavy Ion Study p.515-518 in Report LBL-16281 28 Jun - 1 Jul 1983. Berkeley, CA
132. (Special publication by US Department of Commerce NBS [now NIST]) Perspectives in High Energy Nuclear Collisions. J. Rafelski, M. Danos. Downloaded from: National Technical Information Service (NTIS) ; Accession Number PB83-223982 print NBSIR-83-2725 (Washington D.C. 1983); also available Preprint GSI-83-6
133. Strangeness in Quark-Gluon Plasma J. Rafelski. published in South Afr.J.Phys. 6 (1983) 37-43, reprinted abbreviated pp389-400 in Melting Hadrons, Boiling Quarks - From Hagedorn Temperature to Ultra-Relativistic Heavy-Ion Collisions at CERN with a tribute to Rolf Hagedorn Workshop on Quark Matter Formation and Heavy Ion Collisions Conference10-14 May 1982. Bielefeld, Germany
134. Role of Isospin In P Anti-p Annihilation. J. Rafelski, B. Muller. pp. 323-328 in Physics at LEAR with Low-Energy Cooled Antiprotons Ettore Majorana Int.Sci.Ser.Phys.Sci. 17 ISBN: 0306413841 (New York, Plenum Press 1984) LEAR Workshop Erice, Italy, May 9-16, 1982
135. Quark-Gluon Plasma in Anti-p Annihilation on Nuclei. J. Rafelski. pp. 513-516 in Physics at LEAR with Low-Energy Cooled Antiprotons Ettore Majorana Int.Sci.Ser.Phys.Sci. 17 ISBN: 0306413841 (New York, Plenum Press 1984) LEAR Workshop Erice, Italy, May 9-16, 1982
136. Formation and Observables of the Quark-Gluon Plasma J. Rafelski. Full Conference Proceedings - see pp 625-648 for this contribution Heavy Ion Session Rencontres De Moriond: Elementary Hadronic Processes and Heavy Ion Interactions March 14-26, 1982, Les Arcs, France
137. Extreme States of Nuclear Matter. J. Rafelski. Nucl.Phys. A 374 (1982) 489C-502C. 9th International Conference on High-Energy Physics and Nuclear Structure (ICOHEPANS) 6-10 Jul 1981, Versailles, France
138. Particle Condensates In Strongly Coupled Quantum Field Theory. J. Rafelski. Pages 539-582 in Quantum Electrodynamics of Strong Fields NATO Advanced Study Institutes: Physics B 80 (Plenum Press, 1983) 902p ISBN: 978-1-4899-2141-3 (Print) 978-1-4899-2139-0 (Online), ASI on QED, 15-26 June 1981, Lahnstein, Germany
139. Hot Hadronic Matter. J. Rafelski. p.619-632 in New Flavours and Hadron Spectroscopy16th Rencontres de Moriond: Session 2, 673 p. (Ed. Frontieres 1981) March 15-27, 1981, Les Arcs, France,
140. Extreme States of Nuclear Matter (1980) J. Rafelski. Reprinted partially in: Melting Hadrons, Boiling Quarks - From Hagedorn Temperature to Ultra-Relativistic Heavy-Ion Collisions at CERN with a tribute to Rolf Hagedorn, pp343-374 Reprinted in full in: Eur.Phys.J. A 51 (2015) no.9, 115 Workshop on Future Relativistic Heavy Ion Experiments Oct 7-10, 1980, Darmstadt, Germany
141. From Hadron Gas to Quark Matter. 2. J. Rafelski, R. Hagedorn. CERN-TH-2969 p.253-272 in Statistical Mechanics ofF Quarks and Hadrons, Ed. H. Satz (Amsterdam, North-Holland, 1981) Statistical Mechanics of Quarks and Hadrons 24-31 Aug 1980 Bielefeld, Germany
142. From Hadron Gas to Quark Matter. 1. R. Hagedorn, J. Rafelski. CERN-TH-2947 p.237-251 in Statistical Mechanics ofF Quarks and Hadrons, Ed. H. Satz (Amsterdam, North-Holland, 1981) Statistical Mechanics of Quarks and Hadrons 24-31 Aug 1980 Bielefeld, Germany
143. Critical Phenomena in External Fields. J. Rafelski. p.91-126 in Statistical Mechanics ofF Quarks and Hadrons, Ed. H. Satz (Amsterdam, North-Holland, 1981) Statistical Mechanics of Quarks and Hadrons 24-31 Aug 1980 Bielefeld, Germany
144. Hot Hadronic and Quark Matter in antip Annihilation on Nuclei. J. Rafelski, H.-T. Elze, R. Hagedorn. CERN-TH-2912 Aug 1980 p.357-382 in 5th European Symposium on Nucleon-antinucleon Interactions, INFN Padova (CLEUP, 1980) 790 p. 23 - 28 Jun 1980, Bressanone, Italy
145. Hydrogenic Mesomolecules And Muon Catalyzed Fusion. J. Rafelski. CERN-TH-2679 Jun 1979. p.177-205 in Exotic Atoms ’79 Fundamental Interactions and Structure of Matter ISBN: 978-1-4613-3044-8 (Print) 978-1-4613-3042-4 (Online) (Plenum Press, 1980)403p. 25 Mar - 5 Apr 1979 Erice, Italy
146. Tests of QCD With Heavy Quark Bound States. J. Rafelski, R.D. Viollier. CERN-TH-2673 May 1979. p 101-109 in Exotic Atoms ’79 Fundamental Interactions and Structure of Matter ISBN: 978-1-4613-3044-8 (Print) 978-1-4613-3042-4 (Online) (Plenum Press, 1980)403p. 25 Mar - 5 Apr 1979 Erice, Italy
147. Heavy Quark-Anti-quark Bound States in the Framework of Quantum Chromodynamics. R.D. Viollier, J. Rafelski. MIT-CTP-791 June 1979Contributed to: International conference on high energy physics and nuclear structure, 13-17 Aug 1979 Vancouver, Canada
148. Thermodynamics of nuclear matter from the statistical bootstrap model. R. Hagedorn, I. Montvay, J. Rafelski. CERN-TH-2605 16 Dec 1978 P.49-148 Hadronic Matter at Extreme Energy Density, (Plenum Press, 1980) 358p. October 13-21, 1978 Erice, Italy
149. Selfconsistent Quark Bags. J. Rafelski. CERN-TH-2415 Feb 1978. pp.386-422 in Recent Develoment in Particles and Fields Theory"> ISBN 352808426X (Braunsweig, Germany, Vieweg, 1979) 20 Jun - 1 Jul 1977, Tuebingen, Germany
150. Bound States of Fermions in External and Selfconsistent Fields. J. Rafelski. CERN-TH-2414 Nov 1977 p.399-467 in Nonlinear Equations in Physics and Mathematics 1-13 Aug 1977. Istanbul, Turkey
151. Quantum Electrodynamics of Spin One-Half and Spin Zero Particles in External Electrostatic Fields of Arbitrary Strength. A. Klein, J. Rafelski. AIP Conf.Proc. 23 (1975) 356-375.1974 Meeting of the Division of Particles and Fields of the APS 5-7 Sep 1974. Williamsburg, VA
152. What We Can Learn About Quantum Electrodynamics from Heavy Ion Collisions. J. Rafelski, A. Klein. p. 397-415 in Proceedings of the International Conference on Reactions Between Complex Nuclei. Vol. 2 Robinson, R.L. (ed.) (Elsevier New York 1974) Jun 1974 Nashville, TN
153. Instabilities of Matter in Strong External Fields and at High Density. A. Klein, J. Rafelski. p 153-222 in Fundamental Theories in Physics ISBN: 978-1-4684-2915-2 (Print) 978-1-4684-2913-8 (Online) (Plenum 1974) Proceedings of Orbis Scientiae 7-12,J.uary 1974 Miami, FL
154. Problems of high-field electrodynamics in heavy-ion scattering. (talk, in german). J. Rafelski. p 94-110 in Darmstadt Schwerionenforsch GSI 72-10 (1972),

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Unpublished research reports (Includes statutory (funding, thesis) reports, works prepared with intend to publish but authors could not agree to common response to the referee, and works with main theme are in general absorbed into another later project)

1. Singular properties of QED vacuum response to applied quasi-constant electromagnetic fields S.~Evans and J.~Rafelski,
   arXiv 2207.04033 [hep-ph]
2. Lepton Number and Expansion of the Universe CT Yang, J Birrell, J Rafelski arXiv preprint:1812.05157
3. Temperature Dependence of the Neutron LifespanCT Yang, J Birrell, J Rafelski arXiv preprint arXiv:1805.06543
4. Research in Theoretical High Energy Nuclear Physics at the University of Arizona. J. Rafelski. PDF of Final Report DOE-Arizona--41318 (2016)
5. Higgs two-gluon decay and the top-quark chromomagnetic moment. L. Labun, J. Rafelski. [arXiv:1210.3150 [hep-ph]].
6. A Cusp in QED at g=2. J. Rafelski, L. Labun. [arXiv:1205.1835 [hep-ph]]. The contents of this letter-article has been published in a vastly extended publication, see arXiv preprint: 2212.13165 [hep-ph]
7. Possibility of Electroweak Phase Transition at Low Temperature. J. Birrell, J. Rafelski. [arXiv:1205.1011 [hep-ph]].
8. Non-perturbative Analysis of the Influence of the Proton Magnetization and Charge Densities on the Hyperfine Splitting of Muonic Hydrogen. J.D. Carroll, A.W. Thomas, G.A. Miller, J. Rafelski. [arXiv:1108.5785 [physics.atom-ph]].
9. Proton form-factor dependence of the finite-size correction to the Lamb shift in muonic hydrogen. J.D. Carroll, A.W. Thomas, J. Rafelski, G.A. Miller. [arXiv:1108.2541 [physics.atom-ph]].
10. Pair Production from Asymmetric Head-on Laser Collisions. L. Labun, J. Rafelski. [arXiv:1107.6026 [hep-ph]].
11. Quark Condensate and Effective Action from Dyson- Schwinger Equations. A.V. Zayakin, V. Khandramai, J. Rafelski. [arXiv:0912.1753 [hep-ph]].
12. Nonlocal Gluon Condensate from the Dyson--Schwinger Equations. A.V. Zayakin, J. Rafelski. [arXiv:0812.3616 [hep-ph]].
13. Deconfinement energy threshold: Analysis of hadron yields at 11.6-A GeV. J. Letessier, J. Rafelski, G. Torrieri. [nucl-th/0411047]
14. Hadronization of the quark Universe. M.J. Fromerth, J. Rafelski. [astro-ph/0211346].
15. Variation of fine structure constant from nonuniversal gravity. J. Rafelski. [hep-ph/0208259].
16. Macroconstraints from microsymmetries of macrosystems. L. Turko, J. Rafelski. [nucl-th/0011047].
17. Free energy of a hot quark gluon plasma. S. Hamieh, J. Letessier, J. Rafelski, M. Schroedter, A. Tounsi. [hep-ph/0004016].
18. Hadrons from Pb Pb collisions at 158-GeV/A. J. Rafelski, J. Letessier. [nucl-th/9903018]
19. Energy dependence of strange particle yields from a QGP fireball. J. Letessier, J. Rafelski, A. Tounsi. [hep-ph/9506468] 39 pages, LaTeX, 14 figures Detailed account of: Phys.Lett. B 390 (1997) 363-369
20. Energy related applications of elementary particle physics. J. Rafelski. PDF of Final Report DOE/ER/13858--3 (1991)
21. Theoretical Limits On Cold Fusion In Condensed Matter. J. Rafelski, M. Gajda, D. Harley, S.E. Jones. Arizona Report: AZPH-TH/89-19 (1989)
22. Vacuum Polarization Splitting of The Hydrogenic M Shell And Muon Dynamics In Catalyzed Fusion. M. Jandel, S.E. Jones, B. Muller, J. Rafelski. CERN-TH-4856/87 (November 1987)
23. Spontaneous Production of Light Neutral Particles In Heavy Ion Collisions. B. Muller, J. Rafelski. UFTP-177-1986, UCT-TP-68 Sep 1986
24. Has Shadow Matter Been Discovered?. J. Rafelski, R.D. Viollier. Cape Town Univ.-UCT-TP 86-44 (May 1986)
25. Strange Hadrons in the MIT Bag Model. A.T.M. Aerts, J. Rafelski. CERN preprint TH-4160-85, April 1985
26. Diabatic Muon Sticking in Muon Catalyzed d-t Fusion. S.K. Kauffmann, B. Muller, J. Rafelski. UCT-TP-16/84 Oct 1984
27. Formation of Quark-Gluon Plasma At Central Rapidity. M. Danos, J. Rafelski. UFTP-82/94 Dec 1982
28. Quantum Electrodynamics In Strong External Fields. (Review) J. Kirsch, B. Muller, J. Rafelski. GSI-81-5, May 1981 - 185 pages too long for proceedings of Present Status and Aims of Quantum Electrodynamics Edited by G. Graff, E. Klempt, G. Werth. Lecture Notes in Physics 143 (Springer 1981). 302p. Symposion Held May 9-10, 1980, Mainz, Germany
29. Einfuehrung in die Quantenfeldtheorie und Quantenelektrodynamik. J. Rafelski. Lecture Manuscript (Geneva 1979)
30. The Hartree-Fock Approximation and Quantum Electrodynamics. J. Rafelski, B. Muller. Dec 1974 - 12 pages UAC-27324
31. Selbstkonsistente Vielteilchengleichungen fur Elektronen und Muonen und ihre Effekte in Muonischen Atomen. J. Rafelski. Thesis: PhD Frankfurt U. (1973)
32. Die Konsequenzen nichtlinearer elektromagnetischer Feldtheorie in ueberschweren Elementen. J. Rafelski. Thesis: Diploma Frankfurt U. (1971)

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Books and chapters in books

1. (Book) Modern Special Relativity: A Student's Guide with Discussions and Examples (2022); Johann Rafelski Print ISBN 978-3-030-54351-8; eBook ISBN 978-3-030-54352-5 458+19 pages (Springer-Cham 2022) .
   
2. (Book) Spezielle Relativit"atstheorie heute; Johnn Rafelski Print ISBN 978-3-662-59419-3 Online ISBN 978-3-662-59420-9 457+19 pages (Springer-Spektrum Heidelberg 2019) .
   
3. (Book) Relativity Matters: From Einstein's EMC2 to Laser Particle Acceleration and Quark-Gluon Plasma. J. Rafelski ISBN: 978-3-319-51230-3 (Print) 978-3-319-51231-0 (Online) 468+25 pages (Springer Heidelberg 2017) .
   
4. (Edited book with contributed chapters) Melting Hadrons, Boiling Quarks-From Hagedorn Temperature to Ultra-Relativistic Heavy-Ion Collisions at CERN: With a Tribute to Rolf Hagedorn. J. Rafelski. EBOOK: ISBN 9783319175454 PRINT ISBN 3319175440 and 9783319175447 (Springer Heidelberg, New York 2015)
   1. Spotlight on Rolf Hagedorn. J. Rafelski. p.3-20
   2. The Tale of the Hagedorn Temperature J. Rafelski, T.E.O Ericson. p.41-48
   3. About `Distinguishable Particles'. J. Rafelski. p.179-182
   4. On the Hadronic Mass Spectrum: 2014. J. Rafelski. p.229-234
   5. Thermodynamics of Hot Nuclear Matter: 1978. J. Rafelski. p.241-270
   6. Extreme States of Nuclear Matter: 1980. J. Rafelski p.343-374
   7. Hot Quark Plasma in ISR Nuclear Collisions: January 1981. J. Rafelski. p.375-378
   8. Possible Experiments with Heavy Ions at the PS/SPS: CERN SPC 1982. J. Rafelski. p. 379-386
   9. What Happened to `Strangeness in Quark-Gluon Plasma: 1982'. J. Rafelski. p. 387-388
   10. Strangeness in Quark-Gluon Plasma-1982 . J. Rafelski. p. 389-400
   11. Strangeness and Phase Changes in Hot Hadronic Matter-1983. J. Rafelski. p. 401-416
   12. Melting Hadrons, Boiling Quarks. (Closing chapter) J. Rafelski. p. 417-439
5. (Edited conference volume, with contributions) SQM 2006: Strangness in Quark Matter (SQM2006) Editors: K. Barish, H.Z. Huang, J. Kapusta, G. Odyniec, J. Rafelski and Ch.A. Whitten Jr J. Physics G 32, Number 12, December 2006, held 26-31 Mar 2006. Los Angeles, CA
   1. Quantum collective QCD string dynamics. S. Steinke, J. Rafelski. [nucl-th/0607066]. J.Phys. G 32 (2006) S455-S460.
   2. Charmed hadrons from strangeness-rich QGP. I. Kuznetsova, J. Rafelski. [hep-ph/0605307] J.Phys. G 32 (2006) S499-S504
6. (An annotated reprint volume) Quark-Gluon Plasma: Theoretical Foundations. J. Kapusta, B. Muller, J. Rafelski. ISBN: 0444511105 836 pages Elsevier (2003)
7. (Edited conference proceedings with contributions) New States of Matter in Hadronic Interactions Editors: H.-T. Elze, E. Ferreira, T. Kodma, J. Letessier, J. Rafelski and R.L. Thews AIP Proceedings Series 631728 pages, ISBN 0-7354-0086-5. Pan-American Advanced Study Institute 2002 (PASI) 7-18 Jan. 2002 Campos do Jordao, Brazil
   1. Quark-Gluon Plasma, and Strangeness. J. Rafelski, J. Letessier. AIP Conf.Proc 631 (2002) 142-167
   2. Strange Hadron Resonances: Freeze-Out Probes in Heavy-Ion Collisions. C. Markert, G. Torrieri, J. Rafelski. [hep-ph/0206260] AIP Conf.Proc. 631 (2002) 533-552
   3. Non-equilibrium Hadrochemistry in QGP Hadronization. J. Rafelski, J. Letessier. [hep-ph/0206145] AIP Conf.Proc. 631 (2002) 460-489
8. (Book) Hadrons and Quark-Gluon Plasma. Hadrons and Quark-Gluon Plasma (Renewed record 2022 - Open Publication. Jean Letessier, Johann Rafelski. Publishers catalogue entry Open Web Publication: Camb.Monogr.Part.Phys.Nucl.Phys.Cosmol. 18 397+14 pages, (Cambridge University Press,(2002) (Open Online 2022). ISBN: 9781009290753 (eBook), 9780511534997 (eBook), 9781009290708 (Hardcover), 9781009290739 (Softcover); OLD: ISBN: 9780521018234 (Paperback), 9780521385367 (Hardback), 9780511037276 (Online)
9. (Edited conference proceedings) Strangeness in hadronic matter (SQM 1995). J. Rafelski. AIP Conference Proceedings 340 (1995)
   1. Strangeness and the search for QGP. J. Rafelski, J. Letessier, A. Tounsi. AIP Conf.Proc. 340 (1995) 476-491.
   2. Strangeness evolution in a QGP model. J. Letessier, J. Rafelski, A. Tounsi. AIP Conf.Proc. 340 (1995) 435-448.
10. (Edited conference proceedings) Hot hadronic matter: Theory and experiment Edited by J. Letessier, H.H. Gutbrod, J. Rafelski NATO Sci.Ser.B 346 (1995) pp.1-562ISBN: 978-1-4613-5798-8 (Print) 978-1-4615-1945-4 (Online) NATO Advanced Research Workshop, Divonne, France, Jun 27-Jul 1, 1994
    1. Tribute to Rolf Hagedorn. T.E.O. Ericson, M. Jacob, H. Satz, J. Rafelski. NATO Sci.Ser.B 346 (1995) 1-12
    2. Hadronic matter equation of state and the hadron mass spectrum. A. Tounsi, J. Letessier, J. Rafelski. NATO Sci.Ser.B 346 (1995) 105-116
    3. Entropy in heavy ion collisions. J. Letessier, J. Rafelski, A. Tounsi. NATO Sci.Ser.B 346 (1995) 223-232
    4. Dilepton spectra in heavy ion collisions. J. Letessier, J. Rafelski, A. Tounsi. NATO Sci.Ser.B 346 (1995) 363-366
    5. Miniworkshop on strangeness J. Rafelski NATO Sci.Ser.B 346 (1995) 387-398
    6. Strangeness in hot hadronic matter. J. Rafelski, J. Letessier, A. Tounsi NATO Sci.Ser.B 346 (1995) 479-492
11. (Edited conference proceedings) Particle production in highly excited matter. H.H. Gutbrod, J. Rafelski. NATO Sci.Ser.B 303 (1993) pp.1-689 ISBN 978-1-4615-2940-8 Proceedings: NATO Advanced Study Institute, Il Ciocco, Italy, Jul 12-24, 1992.
    1. Big bang in the laboratory. H.H. Gutbrod, J. Rafelski. NATO Sci.Ser.B 303 (1993) 1-9.
    2. On the trail of quark gluon plasma: Strange anti-baryons in nuclear collisions. J. Rafelski. NATO Sci.Ser.B 303 (1993) 529-544.
12. (Edited conference proceedings) Hadronic matter in collision 1988. P. Carruthers, J. Rafelski. (World Scientific 1989), 840p. ISBN 9971-50-849-4, 6-12 Oct 1988. Tucson, AZ USA
    1. Nuclear Stopping Power: QCD Showers and Density Fluctuations M. Danos, J. Rafelski. pp. 332-341
    2. Strange Particle Signatures of the Hadronic Matter Deconfinement Phase Transition. J. Rafelski. pp.776--790; Concluding article in section: Strangeness and Phase Transitions.
13. (Chapters contributed to:) Computer Simulation in Brain Science, ISBN 9780521341790 (Hardback)ISBN 9780521061186(Paperback), Edited by Rodney M. J. Cotterill (Cambridge UP 1988) 566p
    1. Topology, structure, and distance in quasirandom neural networks. J.W. Clark, G.C. Littlewort, J. Rafelski. p. 104-118 in Computer Simulation in Brain Science, (Cambridge UP 1988, 2008)
    2. Access and stability of cyclic modes in quasirandom networks of threshold neurons obeying a determinisitic synchronous dynamics. J.W. Clark, K.E. Kurten, J. Rafelski. p. 316-344 in Computer Simulation in Brain Science, (Cambridge UP 1988, 2008)
    3. Transition to cycling in neural networks. G.C. Littlewort, J.W. Clark, J. Rafelski. p. 345-356 in Computer Simulation in Brain Science, (Cambridge UP 1988, 2008)
14. (Edited conference proceedings) Muon-Catalized Fusion MuCF1988 S.E. Jones, J. Rafelski, H.J. Monkhorst. AIP Conf.Proc. 181 (1988) 467p. ISBN: 0-88318-381-1 Sanibel Island, Florida, May 1-6, 1988.
    1. Possible influence of vacuum polarization on muon catalyzed D-T fusion. B. Muller, J. Rafelski, M. Jndel, S.E. Jones. AIP Conf.Proc. 181 (1988) 105-110
    2. MuCF with Z>1 nuclei. D. Harley, B. Muller, and J. Rafelski. AIP Conf.Proc. 181 (1988) 239-244
    3. The Challenges of Muon Catalyzed Fusion. J. Rafelski. AIP Conf.Proc. 181 (1988) 451-464
15. (Book) Quantum Electrodynamics of Strong Fields. W. Greiner, B. Muller, J. Rafelski. ISBN 978-3642822742 (Soft cover); ISBN 978-3-642-82272-8 (on-line) (Springer 1985) p.594
16. (Popular science book) The Structured Vacuum. B. Muller, J. Rafelski. ISBN 3-87144-889-3 H. Deutsch Verlag (Frankfurt, Thun,1985) 198 p. (ISBN 3-87144-888-5: German translation)
17. (Abridged edition of) NBS Handbook of Math. Functions Pocketbook of Mathematical Functions, Eds: M. Danos and J. Rafelski ISBN 3-87144-818-4 H. Deutsch Verlag, (Frankfurt, Thun, 1984)
18. (Lecture course in German) Special Theory of Relativity W. Greiner, J. Rafelski. ISBN 3-87144-711-0 (1st Edition) (H. Deutsch, Frankfurt 1984) p.322; ISBN 3-8171-1063-4 (2nd Edition) (H. Deutsch, Frankfurt, Thun 1989) p.291; ISBN 3-8171-1205-X; reprinted ISBN13 978-3-8171-1205-0 (3rd Edition) (H. Deutsch, Frankfurt, Thun 1992) p.319 (+35 AE reprints),

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General Interest; Popular Science

1. Homage to Harald Fritzsch Johann Rafelski
   Int.J.Mod.Phys.A 39 (2024) 09n10, 2441018
2. Asteroids in the solar system could contain undiscovered, superheavy elements, Johann Rafelski Published in: The Conversation
3. Inside Story: Birth of the Hagedorn temperature J. Rafelski. CERN Cour. 54 N12 (2014) 57.
4. The light-pulse horizon G. Mourou, J. Rafelski, T. Tajima. On line and pdf: CERN Cour. 49 N3 (2009) 21-23.
5. The tale of the Hagedorn temperature. J. Rafelski, T. Ericson. CERN Cour. 43 N7 (2003) 30-33.
6. A strange quark plasma. E. Quercigh, J. Rafelski. Phys.World 13 (2000) no.10, pp 37-42.
7. The quark gluon plasma revisited?. J. Rafelski. Phys.World 9N7 (1996) 23-24.
8. Muons in fusion. J. Rafelski, H.E. Rafelski. Particle World: communications in subatomic physics. Editor: Robert Klapisch 2 (1991) no.1, 10-20.
9. Vacuum structure: An Essay. J. Rafelski. in Vacuum Structure in Intense Fields, NATO Advanced Study Institute, Series B: Physics, 255 (1991) 1-28 Presented at Cargese Summer School: 30 Jul-11 Aug 1990. Cargese, France
10. Cold Nuclear Fusion (Muon Catalyzed Fusion) J. Rafelski and S.E. Jones Scientific American 257 (1987) 84-89 No. 1 (July 1987),
11. The Decay of The Vacuum. L.P. Fulcher, J. Rafelski, A. Klein. 10.1038/scientificamerican1279-150 Sci.Am. 241 (1979) 150-159.

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