Probing the Phase Boundary between Hadronic Matter and the Quark-Gluon-Plasma in Relativistic Heavy Ion Collisions
arXiv:nucl-th/9606017 · doi:10.1016/0375-9474(96)00198-4
Abstract
We discuss recent data on particle production with emphasis on the degree of thermal and chemical equilibration achieved. The data are interpreted in terms of a resonance gas model. The phase boundary constructed between the resonance gas and the quark-gluon plasma is shown to be very close to the deduced parameters characterizing the hadronic fireball at freeze-out.
7 pages, latex, 6 figures, 1 table submitted to Nuclear Physics A, dedicated to Gerry Brown in honor of his 70th birthday