Strangeness and charm signatures in A+A collisions

Abstract

Two signatures of the quark-gluon plasma - strangeness `enhancement' and J/psi `suppression' - in nucleus-nucleus collisions are critically discussed. A recently developed statistical coalescence model for J/ψproduction is presented. The measurements at the RHIC energies are crucial for disentangling the different scenarios of J/ψformation.

Presented at 6th International Conference on Strange Quarks in Matter, Frankfurt am Main, Sept. 24--29, 2001. 8 pages, LaTeX, 3 EPS-figures

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