Enhanced pion-to-proton ratio at the onset of the QCD phase transition
The pion-to-proton ratio is identified as a potential signal for a non-equilibrium first-order chiral phase transition in heavy-ion collisions, as the pion multiplicity is directly related to entropy production. To showcase this effect, a non-equilibrium Bjorken expansion starting from realistic ini...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2022-12-01
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| Series: | Physics Letters B |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0370269322006712 |