Published December 18, 2013
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Journal article
Strange freezeout
- 1. Center for High Energy Physics, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560012 (India)
- 2. Department of Theoretical Physics, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Homi Bhabha Road, Mumbai 400005 (India)
Description
We argue that known systematics of hadron cross sections may cause different particles to freeze out of the fireball produced in heavy-ion collisions at different times. We find that a simple model with two freezeout points is a better description of data than that with a single freezeout, while still remaining predictive. The resulting fits seem to present constraints on the late stage evolution of the fireball, including the tantalizing possibility that the QCD chiral transition influences the yields at √(S)=2700GeV and the QCD critical point those at √(S)=17.3GeV
Availability note (English)
Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2013.11.008Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.physletb.2013.11.008;
- arXiv
- arXiv:1306.2006v1;
- PII
- S0370-2693(13)00902-7;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Physics Letters. Section B
- Journal Volume
- 727
- Journal Issue
- 4-5
- Journal Page Range
- p. 554-557
- ISSN
- 0370-2693
- CODEN
- PYLBAJ
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Netherlands
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 45062973
- Subject category
- S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
- Descriptors DEI
- CHIRALITY; CROSS SECTIONS; FREEZING OUT; HADRONS; HEAVY ION REACTIONS; LIMITING VALUES; NUCLEAR FIREBALLS; QUANTUM CHROMODYNAMICS
- Descriptors DEC
- ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; FIELD THEORIES; NUCLEAR REACTIONS; PARTICLE PROPERTIES; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; SEPARATION PROCESSES
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- Copyright
- Copyright (c) 2013 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.