2007/10/31 by Johann Rafelski
Physics and Astronomy · #Baryon #Hadronization #Heavy ion #High-Energy Particle Collisions Research #Ion #Multiplicity (mathematics) #Nuclear physics #Particle physics #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #Physics #Plasma #Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions #Quantum mechanics #Quark #Quark–gluon plasma #Strange matter #Strangeness #Strangeness production #hep-ph #nucl-ex #nucl-th #physics.hist-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.1140/epjst/e2008-00598-9
published as Eur.Phys.J.ST 155:139-166,2008 · Extended to 28 pages, Dedicated to memory of Prof. Jozsef Zimanyi, presented at Zimanyi75 Memorial Workshop on Hadronic and Quark Matter, July 2-4 2007, Budapest, As Published in EPJ-ST 155, 139-166 (2008)
openalex publication_date 2008/03/01 · arxiv created 2008/03/29 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
Highly effective conversion of kinetic energy into abundant particle multiplicity is the remarkable feature discovered in high energy heavy ion collisions. This short and pedagogic review addresses topical issues related to the understanding of this phenomenon, originating in the creation of the deconfined quark--gluon plasma phase. I consider in depth the apparently simple, yet sometimes misunderstood, intricate issues: a) statistical hadro-chemistry, chemical parameters, b) strange flavor chemical equilibration in quark--gluon plasma, and c) particle yields and sudden hadronization, in the historic perspective of work and competition with my friend Jozsef Zimanyi.