Transition from Baryon- to Meson-Dominated Freeze Out -- Early Decoupling around 30 A GeV?

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dc.creatorOeschler, H.
dc.creatorCleymans, J.
dc.creatorRedlich, K.
dc.creatorWheaton, S.
dc.date2007-01-26
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T10:38:36Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T10:38:36Z
dc.descriptionThe recently discovered sharp peak in the excitation function of the K+/pi+ ratio around 30 A GeV in relativistic heavy-ion collisions is discussed in the framework of the Statistical Model. In this model, the freeze-out of an ideal hadron gas changes from a situation where baryons dominate to one with mainly mesons. This transition occurs at a temperature T = 140 MeV and baryon chemical potential mu(B) = 410 MeV corresponding to an energy of sqrt(s) = 8.2 GeV. The calculated maximum in the K+/pi+ ratio is, however, much less pronounced than the one observed by the NA49 Collaboration. The smooth increase of the K-/pi- ratio with incident energy and the shape of the excitation functions of the Lambda/pi+, Xi-/pi+ and Omega/pi ratios all exhibiting maxima at different incident energies, is consistent with the presently available experimental data. The measured K+/pi+ ratio exceeds the calculated one just at the incident energy when the freeze-out condition is changing. We speculate that at this point freeze-out might occur in a modified way. We discuss a scenario of an early freeze-out which indeed increases K+/pi+ ratio while most other particle ratios remain essentially unchanged. Such an early freeze-out is supported by results from HBT studies.
dc.description8 pages, 5 figures, SQM2006 conference, Los Angeles, March 2006
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/nucl-th/0701080
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/nucl-th/0701080
dc.identifierJ.Phys.G32:S223-S229,2006
dc.identifierdoi:10.1088/0954-3899/32/12/S28
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/180779
dc.subjectNuclear Theory
dc.titleTransition from Baryon- to Meson-Dominated Freeze Out -- Early Decoupling around 30 A GeV?
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