학술논문

Charged Particle Ratio Fluctuation as a Signal for QGP
Document Type
Working Paper
Author
Source
Phys.Rev.Lett. 85 (2000) 2076-2079
Subject
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Nuclear Theory
Language
Abstract
In this letter we argue that the event-by-event fluctuations of the ratio of the positively charged and the negatively charged pions provides a signal of quark-gluon plasma. The fact that quarks carry fractional charges is ultimately responsible for this distinct signal.
Comment: 4 pages in latex. Submitted simultaneously with hep-ph/0003169. This revised version to appear in PRL