Strangeness at the threshold of phase change

2008/01/03 by Johann Rafelski, Inga Kuznetsova, Jean Letessier
Physics and Astronomy · #High-Energy Particle Collisions Research #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions #hep-ph #nucl-th

paper · pdf · doi:10.1088/0954-3899/35/4/044011

published as J.Phys.G35:044011,2008 · Presented at SQM07, to appear in JPG special issue

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Abstract

We explore entropy and strangeness as the signature of quark–gluon plasma (QGP) for the top AGS and the energy scan at SPS. We find that the hadronization dynamics changes between 20 and 30 A GeV projectile energy. The high-energy results are consistent with the QGP.

Citations

• Heavy flavor hadrons in statistical hadronization of strangeness-rich QGP
• Strangeness in relativistic heavy ion collisions