A Signature for the Formation of the Quark-Gluon Plasma in Nucleus-Nucleus Collisions
- Received Date: 1999-10-12
- Accepted Date: 1900-01-01
- Available Online: 2000-04-05
Abstract: Based on thermodynamic relations, the initial values of the quark gluon system from relativistic nucleus-nucleus collisions are obtained. Using these initial values we have studied the dilepton production on the basis of the relativistic hydrodynamic model, and found that with increasing incident energy a characteristic plateau indicating the formation of the quark-gluon plasma appears in the total yield, which may be tested in future experiments in CERN and Brookhaven.