Abstract
Rates are calculated for the processes gg→ss̄ and uū,dd̄→ss̄ in highly excited quarkgluon plasma. For temperature T>~160 MeV the strangeness abundance saturates during the lifetime (∼10-23 sec) of the plasma created in high-energy nuclear collisions. The chemical equilibration time for gluons and light quarks is found to be less than 10-24 sec.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1066-1069 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Physical review letters |
| Volume | 48 |
| Issue number | 16 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1982 |
| Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Physics and Astronomy