A new look at the QCD plasma

The possibility of a bound-state effect in the quark-quark interaction is discussed. If such dynamical diquarks exist, they should play a role in the formation and decay of a QCD plasma, as probed in relativistic heavy-ion collisions. In an intermediate temperature range, just above the critical temperature, a diquark plasma component is expected to be important. Quantitative results within a particular model, the Stockholm diquark model, are presented. Possible experimental signatures of such a diquark plasma are suggested