Evidence for a phase with high specific entropy in nuclear collisions

J. Letessier, A. Tounsi, U. Heinz, J. Sollfrank, J. Rafelski

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Abstract

We determine the entropy-per-baryon content of the central reaction region in terms of the charged particle multiplicity. We study the consistency of our findings with recent data on strange antibaryon production at 200A GeV in S-A collisons (A∼200) assuming formation of a central fireball. Hadron gas models which do not invoke strong medium modifications of hadron masses do not provide enough entropy and are inconsistent with the combined experimental results. In contrast the quark-gluon plasma hypothesis explains them naturally.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)3530-3533
Number of pages4
JournalPhysical review letters
Volume70
Issue number23
DOIs
StatePublished - 1993

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Physics and Astronomy

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