HYBRIDS AS A SIGNATURE OF QUARK-GLUON PLASMA

We show that the dynamics of the quark-gluon plasma is such that durin g hadronization the creation of hybrids will predominate over the crea tion of mesons, giving a novel signature of the existence of QGP. At T = 0 the q(q) over barg$ hybrids are known to decay strongly into a pa ir of mesons. We find that at temperatures relevant to the QGP, this c hannel is forbidden. This would lead to significant modifications of t he photonic signals of the QGP.