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Application of the Gibbs equilibrium conditions to the QGP-Hadron transition curve
A method is developed to consistently satisfy the Gibbs equilibrium
conditions between the quark-gluon and hadronic phase, although each phase has
been formulated in separate grand canonical partition functions containing
three quark flavours. The sector in the space of thermodynamic variables, where
the transition takes place, is restricted to a curve, according to the phase
diagram of QCD. The conservation laws of quantum numbers are also imposed on
the transition curve. The effect of the inclusion of the newly discovered
pentaquark states is considered. The freeze-out conditions of S+S, S+Ag (SPS)
and Au+Au (RHIC) are found compatible with a primordial QGP phase, but the
conditions indicated by Pb+Pb (SPS) are not.Comment: 23 pages, 5 figure
Particle states of Lattice QCD
We determine the degeneracy factor and the average particle mass of particles
that produce the Lattice QCD pressure and specific entropy at zero baryon
chemical potential. The number of states of the gluons and the quarks are found
to converge above 230 MeV to almost constant values, close to the number of
states of an ideal Quark-Gluon Phase, while their assigned masses retain high
values. The number of states and the average mass of a system containing quarks
in interaction with gluons are found to decrease steeply with increase of
temperature between and 160 MeV, a region contained within the
region of the chiral transition. The minimum value of the number of states
within this temperature interval indicates that the states are of hadronic
nature.Comment: 21 pages, 18 figure
Critical Fluctuations at RHIC
On the basis of universal scaling properties, we claim that in Au+Au
collisions at RHIC, the QCD critical point is within reach. The signal turns
out to be an extended plateau of net baryons in rapidity with approximate
height of the net-baryon rapidity density approximately 15 and a strong
intermittency pattern with index s_2=1/6 in rapidity fluctuations. A window
also exists, to reach the critical point at the SPS, especially in Si+Si
collisions at maximal energy.Comment: 8 pages, 3 figure
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