Abstract
The maximum achievable temperature (energy density) and minimum kinetic energy required for the formation of a baryon-rich quark-gluon plasma formed at central rapidity in small impact parameter nuclear collisions is estimated. A possible mechanism leading to the pile-up of matter is introduced. Plasma formation is expected to appear at about 15 GeV/Nucleon uranium beam energy on a stationary target or 2.7 GeV/Nucleon in colliding beams.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 97-120 |
| Number of pages | 24 |
| Journal | Acta Physica Hungarica New Series Heavy Ion Physics |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue number | 1-4 |
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| State | Published - 2001 |
| Event | Fundamental Issues in Elementary Matter Symposium in Honor and Memory of Michael Danos - Bad Honnef, Germany Duration: Sep 25 2000 → Sep 29 2000 |
Keywords
- Formation of quark-gluon plasma
- Relativistic heavy-ion collisions
- Thermal and statistical models of nuclear reactions
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Nuclear and High Energy Physics
- General Physics and Astronomy