Hadronic gas description of relativistic heavy ion collisions incorporating exact conservation of quantum numbers

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dc.contributor.advisorCleymans, Jeanen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorMuronga, Azwinndinien_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2016-02-23T07:27:32Z
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dc.date.issued1997en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThe hadron production (especially kaon production) and the hadronic ratios (especially K/π) in heavy ion collisions are studied assuming that particles are produced in a hadron gas at both thermal and chemical equilibrium. The final state in relativistic ion collision is described by a hadronic gas model which is governed by two freeze out parameters, namely, temperature T and baryon density B/V. It is found that for large interaction volumes and/or large net baryon number, a description using the grand canonical ensemble could be justified. For a small system however, corrections arising solely from exact strangeness and baryon number conservation cannot be neglected. Analytic results for the partition function and the particle numbers are presented. A detailed numerical evaluation is made. A comparison of the behaviour of the results with the experimental information is made. A review of kaon production and K/π ratio and the comparisons of the hadron gas model with recent experimental results is made.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationMuronga, A. (1997). <i>Hadronic gas description of relativistic heavy ion collisions incorporating exact conservation of quantum numbers</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Physics. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/17223en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationMuronga, Azwinndini. <i>"Hadronic gas description of relativistic heavy ion collisions incorporating exact conservation of quantum numbers."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Physics, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/17223en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationMuronga, A. 1997. Hadronic gas description of relativistic heavy ion collisions incorporating exact conservation of quantum numbers. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Muronga, Azwinndini AB - The hadron production (especially kaon production) and the hadronic ratios (especially K/π) in heavy ion collisions are studied assuming that particles are produced in a hadron gas at both thermal and chemical equilibrium. The final state in relativistic ion collision is described by a hadronic gas model which is governed by two freeze out parameters, namely, temperature T and baryon density B/V. It is found that for large interaction volumes and/or large net baryon number, a description using the grand canonical ensemble could be justified. For a small system however, corrections arising solely from exact strangeness and baryon number conservation cannot be neglected. Analytic results for the partition function and the particle numbers are presented. A detailed numerical evaluation is made. A comparison of the behaviour of the results with the experimental information is made. A review of kaon production and K/π ratio and the comparisons of the hadron gas model with recent experimental results is made. DA - 1997 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 1997 T1 - Hadronic gas description of relativistic heavy ion collisions incorporating exact conservation of quantum numbers TI - Hadronic gas description of relativistic heavy ion collisions incorporating exact conservation of quantum numbers UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/17223 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/17223
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationMuronga A. Hadronic gas description of relativistic heavy ion collisions incorporating exact conservation of quantum numbers. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Physics, 1997 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/17223en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Physicsen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Scienceen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherPhysicsen_ZA
dc.subject.otherTheoretical Physicsen_ZA
dc.titleHadronic gas description of relativistic heavy ion collisions incorporating exact conservation of quantum numbersen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
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