Faces of quark matter

Abstract

Based on an analysis in the framework of a coalescence hadronization model (ALCOR) we conclude that in heavy ion collisions at CERN SPS and RHIC energies a new type of matter, the massive quark-antiquark matter is produced.

Talk given at Budapest Workshop on Quark and Hadron Dynamics in Relativistic Heavy Ion Collisions (BP 2002) Budapest, Hungary, 3-7 Mar 2002. 12 pages in Latex, 8 PS figure. Submitted to Heavy Ion Physics. Note added in proof

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• Multiplicity distribution and spectra of negatively charged hadrons in Au+Au collisions at sqrt(s_nn) = 130 GeV
• Measurement of inclusive antiprotons from Au+Au collisions at 130 GeV
• Charge fluctuations in a quark-antiquark system
• Strangeness Enhancement in the Parton Model

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