Published May 20, 1991 | Version v1
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Effect of chiral restoration on kaon production in relativistic heavy-ion collisions

Creators

  • 1. Cyclotron Institute and Department of Physics Texas A ampersand M University, College Station, Texas 77843 (USA)
  • 2. Department of Physics State University of New York, Stony Brook, Stony Brook, New York 11794 (USA)

Description

Kaon production from meson-meson annihilation is enhanced significantly because of the decrease of hadron masses in hot and dense matter as a result of the restoration of chiral symmetry. We show that this can lead to enhanced kaon yield in high-energy heavy-ion collisions

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review Letters
Journal Volume
66
Journal Issue
20
Series
Phys. Rev. Lett.
Journal Page Range
2577-2580
ISSN
0031-9007
CODEN
PRLTA

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
22075218
Subject category
S73: NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS; S73: NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
BARYONS; HEAVY ION REACTIONS; KAON-KAON INTERACTIONS; KAONS PLUS; MASS; MESONS; NUCLEON-NUCLEON INTERACTIONS; PARTICLE PRODUCTION; PION-PION INTERACTIONS; PIONS PLUS; QUANTUM CHROMODYNAMICS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TOTAL CROSS SECTIONS
Descriptors DEC
BARYON-BARYON INTERACTIONS; BOSONS; CROSS SECTIONS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; FERMIONS; FIELD THEORIES; HADRON-HADRON INTERACTIONS; HADRONS; INTERACTIONS; KAONS; MESON-MESON INTERACTIONS; NUCLEAR REACTIONS; PARTICLE INTERACTIONS; PIONS; PSEUDOSCALAR MESONS; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; STRANGE MESONS; STRANGE PARTICLES