GLUON DECAY AS A MECHANISM FOR STRANGENESS PRODUCTION IN A QUARK-GLUON PLASMA

Authors
BILIC N CLEYMANS J DADIC I HISLOP D
Citation
N. Bilic et al., GLUON DECAY AS A MECHANISM FOR STRANGENESS PRODUCTION IN A QUARK-GLUON PLASMA, Physical review. C. Nuclear physics, 52(1), 1995, pp. 401-407
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Nuclear
Journal title
Physical review. C. Nuclear physics → ACNP
ISSN journal
05562813
Volume
52
Issue
1
Year of publication
1995
Pages
401 - 407
Database
ISI
SICI code
0556-2813(1995)52:1<401:GDAAMF>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
A calculation of thermal gluon decay shows that this process contribut es significantly to strangeness production in a quark-gluon plasma. Ou r analysis does not support recent claims that this is the dominant pr ocess. In our calculations we take into account the resummed form of t he transverse and longitudinal parts of the gluon propagator following the Braaten-Pisarski method. The estimate of the damping rate enterin g the effective gluon propagator subjects our results to uncertainty.