Dissociation by acceleration

Abstract

We show that mesons, described using rotating relativistic strings in a holographic setup, undergo dissociation when their acceleration 'a' exceeds a value which scales with the angular momentum 'J' as a_max ~ \sqrt{T_s/J}, where 'T_s' is the string tension.

6 pages, 3 figures

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