Strange condensate realignment in relativistic heavy ion collisions
Abstract
We show that a new phase of matter may form in heavy ion collisions at baryon densities above three to four times nuclear density. This phase is characterized by a Bose-Einstein condensate of kaons or etas; or equivalently, a realignment of the overlineqq condensate in flavor space. Possible signals from this transition include an excess of hyperons, coherent kaon production, and long-lived states of strange hadronic matter.
- Publication:
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Physics Letters B
- Pub Date:
- June 1987
- DOI:
- 10.1016/0370-2693(87)91166-X
- Bibcode:
- 1987PhLB..192..193N