1. Model for describing the production of Centauro events and strangelets in heavy-ion collisions
- Author
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G. Mavromanolakis, Vladimir Korotkikh, E. Gładysz-Dziaduś, S.A. Sadovsky, A. L. S. Angelis, Yu. V. Kharlov, and Apostolos Panagiotou
- Subjects
Physics ,Nuclear and High Energy Physics ,Large Hadron Collider ,Strangelet ,Nuclear Theory ,Hyperon ,Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics ,Nuclear physics ,Physics::Plasma Physics ,Phenomenological model ,High Energy Physics::Experiment ,Heavy ion ,Baryon number ,Nuclear Experiment ,Nucleon ,Nuclear theory - Abstract
A phenomenological model for describing the production of Centauro events in relativistic heavy-ion collisions is discussed. The model provides quantitative predictions for kinematical variables, for the baryon number, and for the masses of a Centauro fireball and of its decay products. A Centauro fireball decays predominantly into nucleons, strange hyperons, and possibly strangelets. Centauro events in Pb + Pb collisions at the LHC energy are simulated for the CASTOR detector. The signatures of these events are discussed in detail.
- Published
- 2004