Proton-Number Fluctuation as a Signal of the QCD Critical End Point

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 91, Issue 10, 2003, Pages

  Hatta, Y ^a   Stephanov, M A ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CHARGE; PROTONS; QUANTUM THEORY;

HEAVY-ION COLLISIONS;

HEAVY IONS;

EID: 0142025452     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.91.102003     Document Type: Article

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