Signatures of the Quark Gluon Plasma:. a Personal Overview
Abstract
In this talk 'Signatures of the Quark-Gluon Plasma' are being reviewed. We first discuss, on a no-QGP basis, the two prominent indications of (a) enhanced strangeness production and of (b) anomalous J/ψ-suppression: We elaborate in particular on a recent idea of antihyperon production solely by multi-mesonic reactions. As a possible source for an enhanced dissociation of cbar c pairs we summarize the findings within the 'early'-comover absorption scenario of prehadronic string excitations. As an exotic candidate we then finally adress the stochastic formation of so called disoriented chiral condensates: An experimentally feasible DCC, if it does exist, has to be a rare event following an unusual and nontrivial distribution on an event by event basis.
- Publication:
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Fundamental and Applied Aspects of Modern Physics Lüderitz 2000
- Pub Date:
- September 2001
- DOI:
- arXiv:
- arXiv:nucl-th/0012093
- Bibcode:
- 2001faam.conf..363G
- Keywords:
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- Nuclear Theory
- E-Print:
- 10 pages, 5 figures, uses ws-p8-50x6_00.cls style file, contribution for the proceedings of `Luederitz 2000: Fundamental and Applied Aspects of Modern Physics', November 2000, Luederitz, Namibia