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Inhomogeneous freeze-out in heavy-ion collisions

Nuclear Theory 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

Relative hadron abundances from high-energy heavy-ion collisions reveal substantial inhomogeneities of temperature and baryon-chemical potential within the decoupling volume. The freeze-out volume is not perfectly "stirred", i.e. the concentrations of pions, kaons, (anti-) nucleons etc are inhomogeneous. Such inhomogeneities in the late stages of the hydrodynamic expansion might be traces of a first-order phase transition.

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@article{arxiv.nucl-th/0502051,
  title  = {Inhomogeneous freeze-out in heavy-ion collisions},
  author = {A. Dumitru and L. Portugal and D. Zschiesche},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:nucl-th/0502051},
  year   = {2007}
}

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Contribution to the GSI annual scientific report 2004