Abstract
Charge correlations in lattice gauge calculations suggest that up, down, and strange charges move independently in the quark-gluon plasma, and that the density of such charges is similar to what is expected from simple thermal arguments. Here, we show how specific elements of the charge-charge correlation matrix in the quark-gluon plasma survive hadronization and become manifest in final-state charge-charge correlation measurements.
- Received 20 March 2012
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.212301
© 2012 American Physical Society
Synopsis
Deconstructing the Quark Gluon Plasma
Published 24 May 2012
Clues about the briefly liberated quarks and gluons in high-energy collisions lie in the relic hadrons they leave behind.
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