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Hadron production in Pb-Pb collisions at 158A GeV

Nuclear Theory 2007-05-23 v3 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

A Fermi statistical model analysis of hadron abundances and spectra obtained in several relativistic heavy ion collision experiments is utilized to characterize a particle source. Properties consistent with a disintegrating, hadron evaporating, deconfined quark-gluon plasma phase fireball are obtained, with a baryochemical potential \mu_B=200-210MeV, and a temperature T_f\simeq 140-150MeV, significantly below previous expectations.

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@article{arxiv.nucl-th/9903018,
  title  = {Hadron production in Pb-Pb collisions at 158A GeV},
  author = {Johann Rafelski and Jean Letessier},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:nucl-th/9903018},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

4 pages in PRL format, including 3 tables; v2- Typos corrected, Comments and one ref added, words added in title, abstract; v3: discussion of pion condensation constraint added (referee request)