Thermal Recombination: Beyond the Valence Quark Approximation

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2005-03-01

arxiv.org/abs/nucl-th/0503003v1

Phys.Lett.B618:77-83,2005

Physics

Nuclear Physics

Nuclear Theory

5 pages, 5 figures

Scientific paper

10.1016/j.physletb.2005.05.025

Quark counting rules derived from recombination models agree well with data on hadron production at intermediate transverse momenta in relativistic heavy-ion collisions. They convey a simple picture of hadrons consisting only of valence quarks. We discuss the inclusion of higher Fock states that add sea quarks and gluons to the hadron structure. We show that, when recombination occurs from a thermal medium, hadron spectra remain unaffected by the inclusion of higher Fock states. However, the quark number scaling for elliptic flow is somewhat affected. We discuss the implications for our understanding of data from the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider.

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