Degrees of Freedom and the Deconfining Phase Transition

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15 June 2001

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Abstract

There is a sharp increase in the relative number of degrees of freedom, n, at the deconfining phase transition. If n is proportional to the pressure, then in a Polyakov Loop model of QCD, the energy loss of a fast parton grows relatively quickly, proportional to the square root of n; in contrast, dilepton production grows slowly, proportional to n^2.

Keywords

DECONFINING PHASE TRANSITION
DEGREES OF FREEDOM
PRODUCTION GROWS
PHASE TRANSITION
RELATIVE NUMBER
POLYAKOV LOOP
PARTON GROWS
QCD

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Published version: Physics Letters B, 525 (1-2), 95.

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