GLUEBALL PRODUCTION FROM THE QUARK-GLUON PLASMA

We suggest that there might be a production of a large number of glueb alls in relativistic nucleus-nucleus collisions if the quark-gluon pla sma (QGP) phase is realized. The ratio of the number of the produced g lueball to that of the neutral pions directly produced in the process of QGP hadronization is estimated phenomenologically. Being a function of the phase transition temperature and chemical potential, it can be as large as a few percents. Considering the fact that the hadronizati on is very complicated, we anticipate that the abundant population of glueballs from the quark-gluon plasma at least may exert influences on the final-state K+/pi(+) ratio.