TY - JOUR
T1 - Strangeness and quark-gluon plasma
AU - Rafelski, Jan
PY - 2012/4
Y1 - 2012/4
N2 - I review the foundational motivations which led us to the ultra relativistic heavy ion collision research at SPS, RHIC and now LHC: the quantum vacuum structure; the deconfined nature of the quark-gluon plasma (QGP) phase filling the Universe for the first 30 μs after the Big Bang; the origin of mass of stable matter; and the origin of flavor. The special roles of strangeness enhancement and strange antibaryon signature are highlighted. It is shown how hadron production can be used to determine the properties of QGP and how the threshold energy for QGP formation is determined.
AB - I review the foundational motivations which led us to the ultra relativistic heavy ion collision research at SPS, RHIC and now LHC: the quantum vacuum structure; the deconfined nature of the quark-gluon plasma (QGP) phase filling the Universe for the first 30 μs after the Big Bang; the origin of mass of stable matter; and the origin of flavor. The special roles of strangeness enhancement and strange antibaryon signature are highlighted. It is shown how hadron production can be used to determine the properties of QGP and how the threshold energy for QGP formation is determined.
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U2 - 10.5506/APhysPolB.43.829
DO - 10.5506/APhysPolB.43.829
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84860649641
VL - 43
SP - 829
EP - 842
JO - Acta Physica Polonica, Series B.
JF - Acta Physica Polonica, Series B.
SN - 0587-4254
IS - 4
ER -