Charged particle ratio fluctuation as a signal for QGP

Mar, 2000
4 pages
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  • Phys.Rev.Lett. 85 (2000) 2076-2079
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Abstract:
In this letter we argue that the event-by-event fluctuations of the ratio of the positively charged and the negatively charged pions provides a signal of quark-gluon plasma. The fact that quarks carry fractional charges is ultimately responsible for this distinct signal.
  • nucleus nucleus: nuclear reaction
  • scattering: heavy ion
  • quark gluon: plasma
  • pi+: hadroproduction
  • pi-: hadroproduction
  • yield: ratio
  • ratio: fluctuation
  • quark: entropy
  • strangeness