Research in Theoretical High Energy Nuclear Physics at the University of Arizona
- Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ (United States). Dept. of Physics
In the past decade (2004-2015) we addressed the quest for the understanding of how quark confinement works, how it can be dissolved in a limited space-time domain, and what this means: i) for the paradigm of the laws of physics of present day; and, ii) for our understanding of cosmology. The focus of our in laboratory matter formation work has been centered on the understanding of the less frequently produced hadronic particles (e.g. strange antibaryons, charmed and beauty hadrons, massive resonances, charmonium, Bc). We have developed a public analysis tool, SHARE (Statistical HAdronization with REsonances) which allows a precise model description of experimental particle yield and fluctuation data. We have developed a charm recombination model to allow for off-equilibrium rate of charmonium production. We have developed methods and techniques which allowed us to study the hadron resonance yield evolution by kinetic theory. We explored entropy, strangeness and charm as signature of QGP addressing the wide range of reaction energy for AGS, SPS, RHIC and LHC energy range. In analysis of experimental data, we obtained both statistical parameters as well as physical properties of the hadron source. The following pages present listings of our primary writing on these questions. The abstracts are included in lieu of more detailed discussion of our research accomplishments in each of the publications.
- Research Organization:
- Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP)
- DOE Contract Number:
- FG02-04ER41318
- OSTI ID:
- 1244424
- Report Number(s):
- DOE-Arizona-41318
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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