Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Scientific paper
2005-04-02
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
5 pages, 1 figure
Scientific paper
A microcanonical treatment of Hagedorn systems, i.e. finite mass hadronic resonances with an exponential mass spectrum controlled by the Hagedorn temperature $T_H$, is performed. We show that, in the absence of any restrictions, a Hagedorn system is a perfect thermostat, i.e. it imparts its temperature $T_H$ to any other system in thermal contact with it. We study the thermodynamic effects of the lower mass cut-off in the Hagedorn mass spectrum. We show that in the presence of a single Hagedorn resonance the temperature of any number of $N_B$ Boltzmann particles differs only slightly from $T_H$ up to the kinematically allowed limit $N_B^{kin}$. For $N_B > N_B^{kin}$ however, the low mass cut-off leads to a decrease of the temperature as $N_B$ grows. The properties of Hagedorn thermostats naturally explain a single value of hadronization temperature observed in elementary particle collisions at high energies and lead to some experimental predictions.
Bugaev Kyrill A.
Elliott James B.
Moretto Luciano G.
Phair Larry
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