Abstract
We argue that the energy per unit entropy and the initial energy density are related to the mean transverse momentum and to the rapidity density. A phenomenological analysis of cosmic ray data and pp collisions supports the conjecture that matter produced in such collisions undergoes a phase transition from a quark-gluon plasma to a hadron gas. Numerical hydrodynamical calculations which allow for both longitudinal and transverse expansion and which incorporate a first order phase transition are presented.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 251-262 |
Number of pages | 12 |
Journal | Nuclear Physics, Section A |
Volume | 461 |
Issue number | 1-2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 5 1987 |
Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Nuclear and High Energy Physics