ψ′/ψ ratio in nucleus-nucleus collisions: A measure for the chiral symmetry restoration temperature?

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 79, Issue 15, 1997, Pages 2775-2778

  Sorge, Heinz ^a   Shuryak, Edward ^a   Zahed, Ismail ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 6144237902     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.79.2775     Document Type: Article

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