SINGLE PHOTONS FROM S+AU COLLISIONS AT THE CERN SUPER PROTON SYNCHROTRON AND THE QUARK-HADRON PHASE-TRANSITION

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SRIVASTAVA, DK [1 ]
SINHA, B [1 ]
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[1] SAHA INST NUCL PHYS,CALCUTTA 700064,W BENGAL,INDIA
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.73.2421
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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The preliminary results for the single-photon spectrum obtained by the WA80 collaboration are analyzed. The data are well described by a scenario where a thermalized quark-gluon plasma is formed initially, which expands, cools, hadronizes, and undergoes a freeze-out. It is also seen that the data do not seem to favor the scenario where the matter is initially formed in a hot hadronic phase, which cools and undergoes freeze-out and does not involve a phase transition.
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页码:2421 / 2424
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