Density effect on hadronization of a quark plasma

作者:Zhuang P*; Huang M; Yang Z
来源:Physical Review C, 2000, 62(5): 054901.
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevC.62.054901

摘要

The hadronization cross section in a quark plasma at finite temperature and density is calculated in the framework of the Nambu-Jona-Lasinio model with explicit chiral symmetry breaking. In contrast to the familiar temperature effect, the quark plasma at high density begins to hadronize suddenly. It leads to a sudden and strong increase of final state pions in relativistic heavy ion collisions which may be considered as a clear signature of chiral symmetry restoration.