Phase-Space Coalescence for heavy and light quarks at RHIC

TL;DR

This paper reviews a phase-space coalescence plus fragmentation model for hadronization at RHIC, discussing its successes, implementation, and open issues, and highlighting its relevance for studying heavy quark interactions.

Contribution

It provides a comprehensive review of the phase-space coalescence model's application at RHIC, including its physical basis, implementation, and open challenges.

Findings

Model successfully describes hadronization at RHIC

Highlights importance of coalescence in heavy quark interactions

Discusses open issues like 3D calculation and wave function effects

Abstract

We review the application and successes of a phase-space coalescence plus fragmentation model that has been applied for hadronization at RHIC. The physical concept is discussed together with the practical implementation. The robustness of main predictions is reviewed together with several open issues like relevance of three dimensional calculation, finite width of the wave functions, effects of quark masses, energy-entropy conservation, space-momentum correlation. Eventually the relevance of coalescence also for the study of the microscopic interaction of heavy quarks is highlighted.