Published November 1, 1984
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Journal article
Are antibaryons a signal for a phase transition in ultrarelativistic nucleus-nucleus collisions
Description
In this paper it is speculated that antibaryon production in relativistic nucleus-nucleus collisions is a signal for phase transition from a high-temperature Debye-screened and chirally symmetric phase to a low-temperature confined and chirally broken phase. In a chiral model for the transition where baryons are topological excitations the production of baryons and antibaryons takes place by the Kibble mechanism. A qualitative discussion of possible experimental signatures is given
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Phys. Rev., D
- Journal Volume
- 30
- Journal Issue
- 9
- Series
- Phys. Rev., D.
- Journal Page Range
- 2001-2004
- ISSN
- 0556-2821
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 16048768
- Subject category
- S73: NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS;
- Descriptors DEI
- ANTIBARYONS; CHIRAL SYMMETRY; HEAVY ION REACTIONS; LAGRANGIAN FUNCTION; PARTICLE PRODUCTION; PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS; QUARK MATTER; RELATIVISTIC RANGE; TOPOLOGY
- Descriptors DEC
- ANTIMATTER; ANTIPARTICLES; BARYONS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; ENERGY RANGE; FERMIONS; FUNCTIONS; HADRONS; MATHEMATICS; MATTER; NUCLEAR REACTIONS; SYMMETRY