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Baryon-strangeness correlations: a diagnostic of stronglyinteracting matter

Journal Article · · Physical Review Letters
The correlation between baryon number and strangeness elucidates the nature of strongly interacting matter, such as that formed transiently in high-energy nuclear collisions. This diagnostic can be extracted theoretically from lattice QCD calculations and experimentally from event-by-event fluctuations. The analysis of present lattice results above the critical temperature severely limits the presence of q-qbarbound states, thus supporting a picture of independent (quasi)quarks.
Research Organization:
Ernest Orlando Lawrence Berkeley NationalLaboratory, Berkeley, CA (US)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Director. Office of Science. Office of NuclearPhysics
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-05CH11231
OSTI ID:
862123
Report Number(s):
LBNL--57613; BnR: KB0301020
Journal Information:
Physical Review Letters, Journal Name: Physical Review Letters Vol. 95; ISSN 0031-9007; ISSN PRLTAO
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English