Free Quarks versus Hadronic Matter Xiao-Ming Xu
picture below the critical temperature T c
CHALLENGE new form of matter below T c : free quarks, free antiquarks and hadrons X.-M. Xu, R. Peng, arXiv: ; Chin. Phys. C33, 748 (2009)
F. Karsch, et al., Nucl. Phys. B605, 579 (2001) T=0.58T c T=0.66T c T=0.74T c T=0.84T c T=0.9T c T=0.94T c T=0.97T c T=1.06T c T=1.15T c
Medium Effect Lattice QCD calculations give temperature-dependent quark-quark potential. Medium screening leads to weak binding of quarks. When temperature increases, the confinement potential gets weak and the bound state gets loose.
We expect Meson-meson collisions in high-temperature hadronic matter produce free quarks and antiquarks easily.
Possibility for Creating Free Quarks and Antiquarks plateau energy at T=0.16 GeV: 0.42 GeV quark-antiquark relative-motion energy: GeV, GeV, K GeV, K* GeV average kinetic energy: GeV, GeV, K GeV, K* GeV A meson-meson collision to a full stop leads to relative-motion energy + average kinetic energy: GeV for + , GeV for + , GeV for K+K, GeV for K*+K*, larger than the plateau energy. Quark and antiquark are in a scattering state, become free!
Cross Section meson-meson reaction a new mechanism for quark deconfinement
quark-quark potential Transition amplitude M fi is derived from quark-antiquark wave functions and the quark-quark potential b(T)=0.35[1-(T/T c ) 2 ] (T c -T) (T)=0.28 (T c -T) T c =0.175 GeV, d=0.897 GeV m u =m d =0.334 GeV, m s =0.575 GeV C.-Y. Wong, Phys. Rev. C65, (2002)
unpolarized cross section (1) L A =L B =0 (2) L A =0, L B 0, S A =0 (3) L A =0, L B =1, S A =1, S B =1
We calculate unpolarized cross sections for the production of free quarks and antiquarks in collisions + , + , +K, +K*, + , +K, +K*, K+K, K+K*, K*+K*
Cross sections for + , +K, +K* producing free quarks and antiquarks T=0.174 GeV (solid, chiral limit), GeV (dashed, constituent quark mass), 0.16 GeV (dotted), 0.15 GeV (dot-dashed), 0.14 GeV (long dashed)
recombination of quark and antiquark A free quark and a free antiquark combine into a meson M by radiating a gluon Cross sections for the E1 transition are calculated via C.-Y. Wong, J. Phys. G28 (2002) 2349
master rate equation for free u and d quarks
master rate equation for free s quarks
master rate equations for , , K and K*
ratios of number densities number density of hadronic matter n H n +n +n K +n K* number density of free quarks n=n q +n s T (GeV) n/n H at time t=0.5 fm/c in the chiral limit with the constituent quark mass
Number density of free quarks T=0.174 GeV (solid, chiral limit), GeV (dashed, constituent quark mass), 0.16 GeV (dotted), 0.15 GeV (dot-dashed), 0.14 GeV (long dashed)
n in the left panel, n in the right panel T=0.174 GeV (solid, chiral limit), GeV (dashed, constituent quark mass), 0.16 GeV (dotted), 0.15 GeV (dot-dashed), 0.14 GeV (long dashed)
n K in the left panel, n K* in the right panel T=0.174 GeV (solid, chiral limit), GeV (dashed, constituent quark mass), 0.16 GeV (dotted), 0.15 GeV (dot-dashed), 0.14 GeV (long dashed)
SUMMARY a.an appreciable amount of free quarks and antiquarks produced by meson-meson reactions b. a new mechanism for quark deconfinement at high temperature. c.new form of matter below T c : free quarks, free antiquarks and hadrons.