Finite size effects in the deconfinement transition
Jun 11, 1991
5 pages
Published in:
- Phys.Lett.B 264 (1991) 243-247
- Published: 1991
Report number:
- UPTG-1-91
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Abstract: (Elsevier)
We investigate the effects of finite system size on the critical parameters for the transition from a hadron gas to a deconfined quark-gluon phase, as might be encountered in the fireball resulting from a heavy ion collision. This requires the use of a density of states which depends on the surface area and linear dimension of the system as well as its volume, together with projection of the plasma partition function on to a colour singlet. Using simple models for each phase, we find noticeable changes in the critical parameters of the deconfinement transition.- hadron: gas
- quark gluon: plasma
- critical phenomena: confinement
- effect: finite size
- boundary condition
- thermodynamics
- baryon number: density
- numerical calculations
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