Effect of chiral restoration on kaon production in relativistic heavy-ion collisions

C. M. Ko; Z. G. Wu; L. H. Xia; G. E. Brown

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.66.2577

Effect of chiral restoration on kaon production in relativistic heavy-ion collisions

C. M. Ko, Z. G. Wu, L. H. Xia, and G. E. Brown

Phys. Rev. Lett. 66, 2577 – Published 20 May 1991; Erratum Phys. Rev. Lett. 67, 1811 (1991)

Abstract

Kaon production from meson-meson annihilation is enhanced significantly because of the decrease of hadron masses in hot and dense matter as a result of the restoration of chiral symmetry. We show that this can lead to enhanced kaon yield in high-energy heavy-ion collisions.