RETURN OF THE PRODIGAL GOLDSTONE BOSON

We propose that the mass of the eta' meson is a particularly sensitive probe of the properties of finite energy density hadronic matter and quark-gluon plasma. We argue that the mass of the eta') excitation in hot and dense matter should be small, and, therefore, that the eta' pr oduction cross section should be much increased relative to that for p p collisions. This may have observable consequences in dilepton and di photon experiments.