Freeze-out in ultra-relativistic heavy-ion collisions

Abstract

I discuss the effects and quantities that influence the decoupling of particles from the fireball. The crucial role is played by the scattering rate. I show the results for the scattering rate at SPS and RHIC and discuss their implications.

5 pages, 2 figures, proceedings of SEWM 2002, October 2-5, Heidelberg, Germany

References in corpus (3)

• Universal Pion Freeze-out in Heavy-Ion Collisions
• Correlations, Fluctuations, and Flow Measurements from the STAR Experiment
• The freeze-out mechanism and phase-space density in ultrarelativistic heavy-ion collisions