Anomalous net-baryon-rapidity spectra at RHIC
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
2009-11-10 v1 Nuclear Theory
Abstract
Net-baryon rapidity distributions in central Au+Au collisions at 200 GeV per nucleon are shown to consist of three components. The nonequilibrium contributions are accounted for in a Relativistic Diffusion Model. Near midrapidity, a third fraction containing approximately 22 protons reaches local statistical equilibrium in a discontinuous transition. It may be associated with a deconfinement of the participant partons and thus, serve as a signature for Quark-Gluon Matter formation.
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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/0301004,
title = {Anomalous net-baryon-rapidity spectra at RHIC},
author = {Georg Wolschin},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/0301004},
year = {2009}
}
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11 pages, 2 figures