What happens if we heat up the plasma enough?

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Heating matter transforms it from solid to liquid, then gas, and finally to plasma, which consists of dissociated atomic components. Beyond plasma, increasing temperature can lead to quark-gluon plasma, where quarks are separated from nucleons. However, separating quarks is challenging, as applying extreme force may create more quarks, some of which can annihilate each other. The discussion raises questions about the existence of states beyond quark-gluon plasma, but current understanding suggests it may be the hottest state of matter. The topic highlights the complexities of particle physics and the limits of our knowledge regarding extreme temperatures.
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I was wondering , because all I know is that we got solid . Heat it up enough and you get liquid . Heat that up enough too and boom ! There's gas . Plasma is another transformation in this category , in this case , about heating up the gas enough . And I wanted to know , if there is anything after that ? Or do we even know if there is or not ?
 
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Plasma is made up of the parts of atoms - protons, neutrons, and/or electrons - that have been dissociated from each other. If you keep increasing the temperature, eventually you will get a quark-gluon plasma, where the quarks in the nuclei would be separated, except that it's impossible to separate quarks from the nucleus? If you put enough force trying to separate them, I am not sure but I think it makes more quarks, some of which annihilate each other? Anyway, I can't think of anything hotter than a quark-gluon plasma.
 
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Actually, this Fermilab video is pretty good:
 
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