Baryon Fluctuations and the QCD Phase Transition
Nuclear Theory
2009-11-07 v2 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Abstract
The dynamic separation into phases of high and low baryon density in a heavy ion collision can enhance fluctuations of the net rapidity density of baryons compared to model expectations. We demonstrate that event-by-event proton and antiproton measurements can be used to observe this phenomenon. We then perform real-time lattice simulations to show how these fluctuations arise and how they can survive through freeze out.
Cite
@article{arxiv.nucl-th/0106010,
title = {Baryon Fluctuations and the QCD Phase Transition},
author = {David Bower and Sean Gavin},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:nucl-th/0106010},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
5 pages, 4 figures; added text, references