Inhomogeneous nucleation of quark-gluon plasma in high energy nuclear collisions
- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455 (United States)
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.
- Research Organization:
- University of Minnesota
- DOE Contract Number:
- FG02-87ER40328
- OSTI ID:
- 122403
- Journal Information:
- Physical Review, C, Journal Name: Physical Review, C Journal Issue: 5 Vol. 52; ISSN PRVCAN; ISSN 0556-2813
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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