Coalescence model for deuterons and antideuterons in relativistic heavy-ion collisions

1994 ◽  
Vol 50 (2) ◽  
pp. 1110-1128 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefan Leupold ◽  
Ulrich Heinz
2020 ◽  
Vol 229 (22-23) ◽  
pp. 3559-3583
Author(s):  
Stanisław Mrówczyński

AbstractThe production of light nuclei in relativistic heavy-ion collisions is well described by both the thermal model, where light nuclei are in equilibrium with hadrons of all species present in a fireball, and by the coalescence model, where light nuclei are formed due to final-state interactions after the fireball decays. We present and critically discuss the two models and further on we consider two proposals to falsify one of the models. The first proposal is to measure a yield of exotic nuclide 4Li and compare it to that of 4He. The ratio of yields of the nuclides is quite different in the thermal and coalescence models. The second proposal is to measure a hadron-deuteron correlation function which carries information whether a deuteron is emitted from a fireball together with all other hadrons, as assumed in the thermal model, or a deuteron is formed only after nucleons are emitted, as in the coalescence model. The p − 3He correlation function is of interest in context of both proposals: it is needed to obtain the yield of 4Li which decays into p and 3He, but the correlation function can also tell us about an origin of 3He.


2008 ◽  
Vol 23 (27n30) ◽  
pp. 2254-2258
Author(s):  
S. YASUI ◽  
S. H. LEE ◽  
K. OHNISHI ◽  
I.-K. YOO ◽  
C. M. KO

We propose the enhancement of Λc yield in heavy ion collisions at RHIC and LHC as a novel signal for the existence of diquarks in the strongly coupled quark-gluon plasma produced in these collisions as well as in the Λc. Assuming that stable bound diquarks can exist in the quark-gluon plasma, we argue that the yield of Λc would be increased by two-body collisions between [ud] diquarks and c quarks, in addition to normal three-body collisions among u, d and c quarks. A quantitative study of this effect based on the coalescence model shows that including the contribution of diquarks to Λc production indeed leads to a substantial enhancement of the Λc/D ratio in heavy ion collisions.


1986 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 1095-1097 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Schulz ◽  
G. Röpke ◽  
V. D. Toneev ◽  
K. K. Gudima

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