Is There a Flavor Hierarchy in the Deconfinement Transition of QCD?
Abstract
We present possible indications for flavor separation during the QCD crossover transition based on continuum extrapolated lattice QCD calculations of higher order susceptibilities. We base our findings on flavor-specific quantities in the light and strange quark sector. We propose a possible experimental verification of our prediction, based on the measurement of higher order moments of identified particle multiplicities. Since all our calculations are performed at zero baryochemical potential, these results are of particular relevance for the heavy-ion program at the LHC.
- Publication:
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Physical Review Letters
- Pub Date:
- November 2013
- DOI:
- 10.1103/PhysRevLett.111.202302
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1305.6297
- Bibcode:
- 2013PhRvL.111t2302B
- Keywords:
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- 25.75.Nq;
- 12.38.Gc;
- 24.10.Pa;
- 25.75.Dw;
- Quark deconfinement quark-gluon plasma production and phase transitions;
- Lattice QCD calculations;
- Thermal and statistical models;
- Particle and resonance production;
- High Energy Physics - Lattice;
- High Energy Physics - Phenomenology;
- Nuclear Theory
- E-Print:
- 5 pages, 3 figures, revtex