Author:Cleymans, J; Forster, A; Oeschler, H; Redlich, K; Uhlig, FDate:2005The strangeness-exchange reaction π + Y ↔ K− + N is shown to be the dynamical origin of chemical saturation and equilibration for K− production in heavy-ion collisions up to beam energies of 10 AGeV. The hyperons occurring in this process are ...Read more
Author:Cleymans, J; Oeschler, H; Redlich, K; Wheaton, SDate:2005The recently discovered sharp peak in the K+/π+ ratio in relativistic heavy-ion collisions is discussed in the framework of the statistical model. In this model a rapid change is expected as the hadronic gas undergoes a transition from a ...Read morecb