1998/10/15 by Scott Pratt, Kevin Haglin · 2 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Chiral symmetry #Collision #Excited state #Hadron #Heavy ion #High-Energy Particle Collisions Research #Ion #Nuclear physics #Observable #Particle physics #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #Phase (matter) #Phase space #Physics #Pion #Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions #Quantum mechanics #Quark #nucl-th
paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevc.59.3304
5 pages, 4 fig.s
arxiv created 1998/10/15 · openalex publication_date 1999/06/01 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
The effect of altered hadron masses is studied for its effect with regard to final-state hadronic observables. It is shown that the final phase space densities of pions and kaons, which can be inferred experimentally, are sensitive to in-medium properties of the excited matter at earlier stages of the collision, but that the sensitivity is significantly moderated by interactions that change the effective numbers of pions and kaons during the latter part of the collision.