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Heavy resonance production in high energy nuclear collisions

Nuclear Theory 2008-11-26 v1 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

We estimate freezeout conditions for ss, cc, and bb quarks in high energy nuclear collisions. Freezeout is due either to loss of thermal contact, or to particles ``wandering'' out of the region of hot matter. We then develop a thermal recombination model in which both single-particle (quark and antiquark) and two-particle (quark-antiquark) densities are conserved. Conservation of two-particle densities is necessary because quarks and antiquarks are always produced in coincidence, so that the local two-particle density can be much larger than the product of the single-particle densities. We use the freezeout conditions and recombination model to discuss heavy resonance production at zero baryon density in high energy nuclear collisions.

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@article{arxiv.nucl-th/9407014,
  title  = {Heavy resonance production in high energy nuclear collisions},
  author = {David Seibert and George Fai},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:nucl-th/9407014},
  year   = {2008}
}

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revtex, 15 pages, no figures, KSUCNR-009-94