Coalescence Models for Hadron Formation from Quark-Gluon Plasma Academic Article

abstract

• We review hadron formation from a deconfined quark-gluon plasma (QGP) via coalescence or recombination of quarks and gluons. We discuss the abundant experimental evidence for coalescence from the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) and compare the various coalescence models advocated in the literature. We comment on the underlying assumptions and remaining challenges as well as the merits of the models. We conclude with a discussion of some recent developments in the field.

authors

• Fries, Rainer

published proceedings

• ANNUAL REVIEW OF NUCLEAR AND PARTICLE SCIENCE

altmetric score

• 7.684

author list (cited authors)

• Fries, R., Greco, V., & Sorensen, P.

citation count

• 174

complete list of authors

• Fries, Rainer||Greco, Vincenzo||Sorensen, Paul

publication date

• January 2008

publisher

• Annual Reviews  Publisher

published in

• Annual Review of Nuclear and Particle Science  Journal

keywords

• Coalescence
• Elliptic Flow
• Hadronization
• Heavy Ion Collisions
• Quark-gluon Plasma
• Recombination

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1146/annurev.nucl.58.110707.171134

start page

• 177

end page

• 205

volume

• 58

issue

• 1

URL

• http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1146%2Fannurev.nucl.58.110707.171134