Published April 2003 | Version v1
Journal article

Isospin fluctuations from a thermally equilibrated hadron gas

  • 1. Department of Physics and Astronomy and National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824-1321 (United States)

Description

Partition functions, multiplicity distributions, and isospin fluctuations are calculated for canonical ensembles in which additive quantum numbers as well as total isospin are strictly conserved. When properly accounting for Bose-Einstein symmetrization, the multiplicity distributions of neutral pions in a hadronic gas are significantly broader as compared to the nondegenerate case. Inclusion of resonances compensates for this broadening effect. Recursion relations are derived, which allow calculation of exact results with modest computer time

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Journal Title
Physical Review. C, Nuclear Physics
Journal Volume
67
Journal Issue
4
Journal Page Range
p. 044904-044904.13
ISSN
0556-2813
CODEN
PRVCAN

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(c) 2003 The American Physical Society