INHOMOGENEOUS NUCLEATION OF QUARK-GLUON PLASMA IN HIGH-ENERGY NUCLEAR COLLISIONS

被引:42
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作者
KAPUSTA, JI
VISCHER, AP
机构
[1] School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
来源
PHYSICAL REVIEW C | 1995年 / 52卷 / 05期
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D O I
10.1103/PhysRevC.52.2725
中图分类号
O57 [原子核物理学、高能物理学];
学科分类号
070202 ;
摘要
We estimate the probability that a hard nucleon-nucleon collision is able to nucleate a seed of quark-gluon plasma in the surrounding hot and dense hadronic matter formed during a central collision of two large nuclei at AGS energies. The probability of producing at least one such seed is on the order of 1-100%. We investigate the influence of quark-gluon plasma formation on the observed multiplicity distribution and find that it may lead to noticeable structure in the form of a bump or shoulder.
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页码:2725 / 2732
页数:8
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