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Statistical Hadronization probed by resonances

Nuclear Theory 2009-11-07 v4 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

We study to what extent a measurement of the mm_\bot spectra for hadrons and their resonances can resolve ambiguities in statistical model description of particle production. We describe in quantitative analysis how physical assumptions about the freeze-out geometry and dynamics influence the particle spectra. Considering ratios of mm_\bot distribution of resonance-particle ratios (such as K/KK^*/K, Σ/Λ,η/η\Sigma^*/\Lambda, \eta'/\eta) we observe significant sensitivity to fireball freeze-out geometry and flow dynamics.

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@article{arxiv.nucl-th/0212091,
  title  = {Statistical Hadronization probed by resonances},
  author = {Giorgio Torrieri and Johann Rafelski},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:nucl-th/0212091},
  year   = {2009}
}

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Some Style corrections and reference updates. As published in Phys. Rev. C