Eur. Phys. J. A (2006) 29: 107-111
https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/i2005-10307-8

Quark-Gluon-Plasma Thermalization

Hadronization of expanding QGP

¹ Department of Physics, University of Arizona, 85718, Tucson, AZ, USA
² Laboratoire de Physique Théorique et Hautes Energies, Université Paris 7, 2 place Jussieu, 75251, Paris Cedex 05, France

^* e-mail: rafelski@physics.arizona.edu

Received: 4 November 2005
Accepted: 2 January 2006
Published online: 29 August 2006

Abstract

We discuss how the dynamics of an exploding hot fireball of quark-gluon matter impacts the actual phase transition conditions between the deconfined and confined state of matter. We survey the chemical conditions prevailing at hadronization.