Clocking hadronization in relativistic heavy-ion collisions with balance functions

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作者
Bass, SA [1 ]
Danielewicz, P
Pratt, S
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[1] Michigan State Univ, Dept Phys & Astron, E Lansing, MI 48824 USA
[2] Michigan State Univ, Natl Superconducting Cyclotron Lab, E Lansing, MI 48824 USA
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.85.2689
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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A novel state of matter has been hypothesized to exist during the early stage of relativistic heavy-ion collisions, with normal hadrons not appearing until several fm/c after the start of the reaction. To test this hypothesis, correlations between charges and their associated anticharges are evaluated with the use of balance functions. It is shown that late-stage hadronization is characterized by tightly correlated charge-anticharge pairs when measured as a function of relative rapidity.
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