Percolation and Deconfinement

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Possible phase transition of strongly interacting matter from hadron to a Quark-Gluon Plasma (QGP) state have in the p ast received considerable interest.

• It has been suggested that this problem might be treated by percolation theory.
• Th e Color String Percolation Model (CSPM) is used to determine the equation of state (EOS) of the QGP produced in central Au-Au collisions at RHIC energies.
• The bulk thermodynamic quantities- energy density, entropy density and t he sound velocity- are obtained in the framework of CSPM.