A comparison of statistical hadronization models

Abstract

We investigate the sensitivity of fits of hadron spectra produced in heavy ion collisions to the choice of statistical hadronization model. We start by giving an overview of statistical model ambiguities, and what they tell us about freeze-out dynamics. We then use Montecarlo generated data to determine sensitivity to model choice. We fit the statistical hadronization models under consideration to RHIC data, and find that a comparison ${\chi }^2$ fits can shed light on some presently contentious questions.

arXiv commentProceedings for SQM2003 [7th Int. Conf. on Strangeness in Quark Matter (Atlantic Beach, NC, USA, Mar 12-17, 2003)], to be published in Journal of Physics G (Typos corrected, reference added)

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