An introduction to the Statistical Hadronization Model
arXiv:0901.3643
Abstract
In these lectures I review the foundations and the applications of the statistical hadronization model to elementary and relativistic heavy ion collisions. The role of strangeness production and the general interpretation of results is addressed.
Lectures given at the 4th edition of the school "Quark-Gluon Plasma and Heavy Ion Collisions : past, present, future", Torino (Italy), 8-14 December 2008