title: Center domains and their phenomenological consequences.
abstract: We argue that the domain structure of deconfined QCD matter, which can be inferred from the properties of the Polyakov loop, can simultaneously explain the two most prominent experimentally verified features of the quark-gluon plasma, namely its large opacity as well as its near ideal fluid properties.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Osaka University, Toyonaka 560-0043, Japan.
authors.forename: Masayuki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Asakawa
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA.
authors.forename: Steffen A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Bass
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA.
authors.forename: Berndt
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Müller