Is anomalous production of Ω and Ω̄ evidence for disoriented chiral condensates?

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 86, Issue 19, 2001, Pages 4251-4254

  Kapusta, J I ^a   Wong, S M H ^a,b  

^a University of Minnesota ^*  (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAVY IONS; PLASMA COLLISION PROCESSES; PROTONS; SYNCHROTRONS;

DISORIENTED CHIRAL CONDENSATES (DCC);

HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS;

EID: 0035820747     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.86.4251     Document Type: Article

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