As a precursor to the quark-gluon plasma, the color glass condensate should have been created if the plasma formed, as McLerran and some experimentalists believe it has.

• 麦克赖伦和一些物理学家相信，由于色玻璃凝聚是形成夸克胶子浆的前趋物，如果有浆形成，就表示一定有色玻璃凝聚。