Color singlet suppression of quark-gluon plasma formation
- Institute of Physics and Astronomy, University of Aarhus, DK-8000 Arhus C (Denmark)
The rate of quark-gluon plasma droplet nucleation in superheated hadronic matter is calculated within the MIT bag model. The requirements of color singletness and (to less extent) fixed momentum suppress the nucleation rate by many orders of magnitude, making thermal nucleation of quark-gluon plasma droplets unlikely in ultrarelativistic heavy-ion collisions if the transition is first order and reasonably described by the bag model. {copyright} {ital 1996 The American Physical Society.}
- OSTI ID:
- 282149
- Journal Information:
- Physical Review, C, Journal Name: Physical Review, C Journal Issue: 4 Vol. 53; ISSN 0556-2813; ISSN PRVCAN
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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