THE HADRON TO QUARK-GLUON TRANSITION IN RELATIVISTIC HEAVY-ION COLLISIONS

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BROWN, GE
JACKSON, AD
BETHE, HA
PIZZOCHERO, PM
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[1] SUNY,DEPT PHYS,STONY BROOK,NY 11794
[2] CALTECH,W K KELLOGG RADIAT LAB,PASADENA,CA 91125
[3] CORNELL UNIV,NUCL STUDIES LAB,ITHACA,NY 14853
[4] IST NAZL FIS NUCL,I-20133 MILAN,ITALY
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10.1016/0375-9474(93)90145-N
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O57 [原子核物理学、高能物理学];
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070202 ;
摘要
In this paper we construct a scenario for the QCD transition from the hadron phase to the quark/gluon phase using physical models for these phases. The hadron phase is modeled by a spectrum of hadrons with masses which drop (with a common scaling factor) towards zero at chiral symmetry restoration. The number of hadronic effective degrees of freedom is limited by the number of microscopic degrees of freedom in the quark/gluon phase. This limitation can be imposed either by fiat or through the introduction of a temperature-dependent excluded volume. Given that the number of degrees of freedom in hadrons and in quarks and gluons are roughly equal, the QCD phase transition is inhibited by the bag constant. The only phase transition seen in lattice-gauge calculations, once low-mass quarks are included, is the restoration of chiral symmetry which occurs at the relatively low temperature of approximately 150 MeV. At present, lattice gauge calculations do not have the resolution to determine the properties of the higher hadronic states accurately. They do, however, demonstrate that chiral restoration takes place in the (rho, A1), (N(1/2 +)), (N(1/2 -)) and (pi, sigma) systems by yielding ''screening masses'' for chiral partners which are distinct for T < T(chi)SR and identical for T > T(chi)SR. Further, within numerical accuracy, these ''screening masses'' are consistent with pure thermal energies and show no evidence of remaining bare masses once chiral symmetry is restored. These, and other lattice-gauge results, will be discussed in the light of our scenario. We shall also consider the consequences of our picture for relativistic heavy-ion experiments.
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