Hybrids as a Signature of Quark-Gluon Plasma
Abstract
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We show that the dynamics of the Quark-Gluon Plasma is such that during hadronization the creation of hybrids will predominate over the creation of mesons, giving a novel signature of the existence of QGP. At T = 0 the $(q\bar{q}g)$ hybrids are known to decay strongly into a pair of mesons. We find that at temperatures relevant to the QGP, this channel is forbidden. This would lead to significant modifications of the photonic signals of the QGP.
10 pages Latex file plus one figure (available on request)
10 pages Latex file plus one figure (available on request)