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Critical review of quark gluon plasma signatures

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Scherer, S; Bass, SA; Bleicher, M; Belkacem, M; Bravina, L; Brachmann, J; Dumitru, A; Ernst, C; Gerland, L; Hofmann, M; Neise, L; Reiter, M ...
Published in: Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics
January 1, 1999

Nonequilibrium models (three-fluid hydrodynamics and UrQMD) are used to discuss the uniqueness of often proposed experimental signatures for quark matter formation in relativistic heavy ion collisions. It is demonstrated that these two models - although they do treat the most interesting early phase of the collisions quite differently (thermalizing QGP vs. coherent color fields with virtual particles) - both yield a reasonable agreement with a large variety of the available heavy ion data. Hadron/hyperon yields, including J/Ψ meson production/suppression, strange matter formation, dileptons, and directed flow (bounce-off and squeeze-out) are investigated. Observations of interesting phenomena in dense matter are reported. However, we emphasize the need for systematic future measurements to search for simultaneous irregularities in the excitation functions of several observables in order to come close to pinning the properties of hot, dense QCD matter from data.

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Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics

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0146-6410

Publication Date

January 1, 1999

Volume

42

Start / End Page

279 / 293

Related Subject Headings

  • Nuclear & Particles Physics
  • 5107 Particle and high energy physics
  • 5106 Nuclear and plasma physics
  • 0202 Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics
  • 0201 Astronomical and Space Sciences
 

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Scherer, S., Bass, S. A., Bleicher, M., Belkacem, M., Bravina, L., Brachmann, J., … Griener, W. (1999). Critical review of quark gluon plasma signatures. Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics, 42, 279–293. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0146-6410(99)00083-6
Scherer, S., S. A. Bass, M. Bleicher, M. Belkacem, L. Bravina, J. Brachmann, A. Dumitru, et al. “Critical review of quark gluon plasma signatures.” Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics 42 (January 1, 1999): 279–93. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0146-6410(99)00083-6.
Scherer S, Bass SA, Bleicher M, Belkacem M, Bravina L, Brachmann J, et al. Critical review of quark gluon plasma signatures. Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics. 1999 Jan 1;42:279–93.
Scherer, S., et al. “Critical review of quark gluon plasma signatures.” Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics, vol. 42, Jan. 1999, pp. 279–93. Scopus, doi:10.1016/s0146-6410(99)00083-6.
Scherer S, Bass SA, Bleicher M, Belkacem M, Bravina L, Brachmann J, Dumitru A, Ernst C, Gerland L, Hofmann M, Neise L, Reiter M, Soff S, Spieles C, Weber H, Zabrodin E, Zschiesche D, Maruhn JA, Stöcker H, Griener W. Critical review of quark gluon plasma signatures. Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics. 1999 Jan 1;42:279–293.
Journal cover image

Published In

Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics

DOI

ISSN

0146-6410

Publication Date

January 1, 1999

Volume

42

Start / End Page

279 / 293

Related Subject Headings

  • Nuclear & Particles Physics
  • 5107 Particle and high energy physics
  • 5106 Nuclear and plasma physics
  • 0202 Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics
  • 0201 Astronomical and Space Sciences