This writeup is a compilation of the predictions for the forthcoming Heavy Ion Program at the Large Hadron Collider, as presented at the CERN Theory Institute ‘Heavy Ion Collisions at the LHC—Last Call for Predictions’, held from 14th May to 10th June 2007.

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The nuclear-matter equation of state is studied with a momentum-dependent effective interaction. The incompressibility and the zero-temperature optical potential are calculated analytically. The momentum distribution of nucleons is examined and the effect of the momentum dependence on pion-production rates is illustrated. The phase transition to a quark-gluon plasma, described by a bag-model equation of state, is studied in an approximation suitable for infinite nuclear matter. PACS number(s): 25.75.+r, 21.65.+f