HOW FAST IS EQUILIBRATION IN HOT HADRONIC MATTER

Authors
PRAKASH M PRAKASH M VENUGOPALAN R WELKE GM
Citation
M. Prakash et al., HOW FAST IS EQUILIBRATION IN HOT HADRONIC MATTER, Nuclear physics. A, 566, 1994, pp. 30000403-30000406
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Nuclear
Journal title
Nuclear physics. A → ACNP
ISSN journal
03759474
Volume
566
Year of publication
1994
Pages
30000403 - 30000406
Database
ISI
SICI code
0375-9474(1994)566:<30000403:HFIEIH>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
We study various non-equilibrium properties of a mixture comprised of pions, kaons and nucleons. The concentration of the constituents is ch osen to mimic those expected in the mid-rapidity interval of CERN and RHIC experiments. The heavier kaons and nucleons are found to equilibr ate more slowly than pions. These results shed new light on the influe nce of collective flow effects on the transverse momentum distribution s of kaons and nucleons versus those of pions in ultrarelativistic nuc lear collisions.