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Evidence for chemical equilibration at RHIC
This contribution focuses on the results of statistical model calculations at
RHIC energies, including recently available experimental data. Previous
calculations of particle yield ratios showed good agreement with measurements
at SPS and lower energies, suggesting that the composite system possesses a
high degree of chemical equilibrium at freeze-out. The effect of feeddown
contamination on the model parameters is discussed, and the sensitivity of
individual ratios to the model parameters (, ) is illustrated.Comment: Talk presented at Strange Quarks in Matter 2001, Frankfurt, September
24-29, 2001. Proceedings to be published by J. Phys. G. 8 pages with 4
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