Chemical Equilibration and Transport Properties of Hadronic Matter near Tc

J. Noronha-Hostler; J. Noronha; H. Ahmad; I. Shovkovy; C. Greiner

doi:10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2009.10.122

Chemical Equilibration and Transport Properties of Hadronic Matter near T_c

J. Noronha-Hostler, J. Noronha, H. Ahmad, I. Shovkovy, C. Greiner

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Abstract

We discuss how the inclusion of Hagedorn states near T_c leads to short chemical equilibration times of proton anti-proton pairs, K over(K, -) pairs, and Λ over(Λ, -) pairs, which indicates that hadrons do not need to be "born" into chemical equilibrium in ultrarelativistic heavy ion collisions. We show that the hadron ratios computed within our model match the experimental results at RHIC very well. Furthermore, estimates for η / s near T_c computed within our resonance gas model are comparable to the string theory viscosity bound η / s = 1 / 4 π. Our model provides a good description of the recent lattice results for the trace anomaly close to T_c = 196 MeV.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	745c-748c
Journal	Nuclear Physics A
Volume	830
Issue number	1-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2009.10.122
State	Published - Nov 1 2009
Externally published	Yes

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