Particle multiplicities and thermalization in high energy collisions

International Journal of Modern Physics E

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 649-659

  Hormuzdiar, James ^a   Hsu, Stephen D H ^b   Mahlon, Gregory ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Heavy ion collisions; Phase space; Statistical mechanics; Thermal equilibrium; Thermalization

Indexed keywords

EID: 0348158683     PISSN: 02183013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218301303001478     Document Type: Article

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