In this article we discuss the issue of the quark to gluon ratio in the Quark Gluon Plasma (QGP). Our model to describe the QGP evolution is based on transport theory including the mean field dynamics described by a quasi-particle model. The last is able to take into account for the lattice QCD thermodynamics and implies a "chemical" equilibrium ratio between quarks and gluons strongly increasing as T approaches to the temperature of the phase transition T-c. We present first the tests performed in a fixed box to check that our code is able to reproduce the equilibrium ratio and then the results obtained for the simulations of ultra-Relativistic Heavy Ion Collisions (uRHIC's) at RHIC and LHC energies. We observe a rapid evolution from a gluon dominated initial state to a quark dominated plasma and we see that near T-c almost 80% of the particles composing the plasma are quarks. This has potentially a strong impact on several quantitative aspects of QGP probes and furnishes a justification to the coalescence hadronization model.

In this article we discuss the issue of the quark to gluon ratio in the Quark Gluon Plasma (QGP). Our model to describe the QGP evolution is based on transport theory including the mean field dynamics described by a quasi-particle model. The last is able to take into account for the lattice QCD thermodynamics and implies a "chemical" equilibrium ratio between quarks and gluons strongly increasing as T approaches to the temperature of the phase transition T-c. We present first the tests performed in a fixed box to check that our code is able to reproduce the equilibrium ratio and then the results obtained for the simulations of ultra-Relativistic Heavy Ion Collisions (uRHIC's) at RHIC and LHC energies. We observe a rapid evolution from a gluon dominated initial state to a quark dominated plasma and we see that near T-c almost 80% of the particles composing the plasma are quarks. This has potentially a strong impact on several quantitative aspects of QGP probes and furnishes a justification to the coalescence hadronization model.

"Chemical" composition of the Quark Gluon Plasma

PLUMARI, SALVATORE;GRECO, VINCENZO
2013-01-01

Abstract

In this article we discuss the issue of the quark to gluon ratio in the Quark Gluon Plasma (QGP). Our model to describe the QGP evolution is based on transport theory including the mean field dynamics described by a quasi-particle model. The last is able to take into account for the lattice QCD thermodynamics and implies a "chemical" equilibrium ratio between quarks and gluons strongly increasing as T approaches to the temperature of the phase transition T-c. We present first the tests performed in a fixed box to check that our code is able to reproduce the equilibrium ratio and then the results obtained for the simulations of ultra-Relativistic Heavy Ion Collisions (uRHIC's) at RHIC and LHC energies. We observe a rapid evolution from a gluon dominated initial state to a quark dominated plasma and we see that near T-c almost 80% of the particles composing the plasma are quarks. This has potentially a strong impact on several quantitative aspects of QGP probes and furnishes a justification to the coalescence hadronization model.
2013
In this article we discuss the issue of the quark to gluon ratio in the Quark Gluon Plasma (QGP). Our model to describe the QGP evolution is based on transport theory including the mean field dynamics described by a quasi-particle model. The last is able to take into account for the lattice QCD thermodynamics and implies a "chemical" equilibrium ratio between quarks and gluons strongly increasing as T approaches to the temperature of the phase transition T-c. We present first the tests performed in a fixed box to check that our code is able to reproduce the equilibrium ratio and then the results obtained for the simulations of ultra-Relativistic Heavy Ion Collisions (uRHIC's) at RHIC and LHC energies. We observe a rapid evolution from a gluon dominated initial state to a quark dominated plasma and we see that near T-c almost 80% of the particles composing the plasma are quarks. This has potentially a strong impact on several quantitative aspects of QGP probes and furnishes a justification to the coalescence hadronization model.
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