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Direct emission of light mesons from quark-gluon plasma surface

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

On the basis of hydrodynamic model of evolution of heavy ion collision we consider emission of π,K,η,ρ,ω,K\pi,K,\eta,\rho,\omega,K^* mesons directly from the surface of quark-gluon plasma, with accounting of their absorption by surrounding plasma hadronic gas. We evaluate upper and lower limits on yields of these direct mesons in Pb+Pb collision at 158 AGeV (SpS) and 3150+3150 AGeV (LHC), and find, that even in the case of the lowest yield, direct η\eta and heavier mesons dominate at LHC energy at soft ptp_t (pt0.5GeV/cp_t\le 0.5 GeV/c). This enhancement of the low ptp_t meson production can be considered as a quark-gluon plasma signature.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/9807271,
  title  = {Direct emission of light mesons from quark-gluon plasma surface},
  author = {D. Yu. Peressounko and Yu. E. Pokrovsky},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/9807271},
  year   = {2007}
}

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