Strangeness Production as a Diagnostic Tool for Understanding Heavy Ion Reactions

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2001-11-29

arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/0111426v1

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

6 pages, 2 figures (in eps) talk given at XXXI International Symposium on Multiparticle Dynamics, Sep. 1-7, 2001, Datong China

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Strangeness production has long been proposed as a diagnostic tool for understanding the dynamics of relativistic heavy ion collisions. In this presentation we review the traditional picture of strangeness enhancement as a signature for quark-gluon plasma formation. We then review, in order, some experimental data on strange particle production in $e^{+}e^{-}$, $pp$, $p\bar{p}$, proton-nucleus and nucleus-nucleus collisions. This is not a comprehensive review, but rather an emphasis of a few significant points. Any clear interpretation of strange particle yields measured in heavy ion reactions is impossible without a physical understanding of the production mechanisms in elementary particle collisions.

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