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Baryon number and strangeness: signals of a deconfinedantecedent

Conference ·
OSTI ID:875748
The correlation between baryon number and strangeness is used to discern the nature of the deconfined matter produced at vanishing chemical potential in high-energy nuclear collisions at the BNL RHIC. Comparisons of results of various phenomenological models with correlations extracted from lattice QCD calculations suggest that a quasi-particle picture applies. At finite baryon densities, such as those encountered at the CERN SPS, it is demonstrated that the presence of a first-order phase transition and the accompanying development of spinodal decomposition would significantly enhance the number of strangeness carriers and the associated fluctuations.
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:
875748
Report Number(s):
LBNL--57969; BnR: KB0301020
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English