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View SchemaThe Deconfinement Phase Transition in Asymmetric Matter
| Authors | Horst Mueller |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | nucl-th/9701035 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/nucl-th/9701035 |
| DOI | 10.1016/S0375-9474(97)00018-3 |
| Journal | Nucl.Phys. A618 (1997) 349-370 |
Abstract
We study the phase transition of asymmetric hadronic matter to a quark-gluon plasma within the framework of a simple two-phase model. The analysis is performed in a system with two conserved charges (baryon number and isospin) using the stability conditions on the free energy, the conservation laws and Gibbs' criteria for phase equilibrium. The EOS is obtained in a separate description for the hadronic phase and for the quark-gluon plasma. For the hadrons, a relativistic mean-field model calibrated to the properties of nuclear matter is used, and a bag-model type EOS is used for the quarks and gluons. The model is applied to the deconfinement phase transition that may occur in matter created in ultra-relativistic collisions of heavy ions. Based on the two-dimensional coexistence surface (binodal), various phase separation scenarios and the Maxwell construction through the mixed phase are discussed. In the framework of the two-phase model the phase transition in asymmetric matter is continuous (second-order by Ehrenfest's definition) in contrast to the discontinuous (first-order) transition of symmetric systems.
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