The Hagedorn thermostat
Nuclear Theory
2009-11-11 v1 Statistical Mechanics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Nuclear Experiment
Abstract
A system H with a Hagedorn-like mass spectrum imparts its unique temperature TH to any other system coupled to it. An H system radiates particles in preexisting physical and chemical equilibrium. These particles form a saturated vapor at temperature TH. This coexistence describes a first order phase transition. An H system is nearly indifferent to fragmentation into smaller H systems. A lower mass cut-off in the spectrum does not significantly alter the general picture
Cite
@article{arxiv.nucl-th/0504010,
title = {The Hagedorn thermostat},
author = {L. G. Moretto and K. A. Bugaev and J. B. Elliott and L. Phair},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:nucl-th/0504010},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
Four pages, one figure