QUARK-GLUON PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS IN A SUCCESSIVE EQUILIBRIUM SCENARIO

摘要

The relativistic Fokker-Planck equation has been used to study the evolution of the quark distribution in the quark-gluon phase expected to be formed in ultra-relativistic heavy-ion collisions. The effect of thermal masses for quarks and gluons is incorporated to take account of the in-medium properties, We find that the kinetic equilibrium is achieved before the system reaches the critical temperature of quark-hadron phase transition, We find that chemical equilibrium is not achieved during this time. We have evaluated the electromagnetic probes of quark-gluon plasma from the non-equilibrated quark-gluon phase and compared them with those in completely equilibrated scenario. The hard QCD production rates for the electromagnetic ejectiles as well as the heavy quark production rates are also calculated. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science B.V. [References: 41]