Strange hadron ratios from quark coalescence at RHIC and LHC

TL;DR

This paper reviews how quark coalescence models explain strange hadron production in heavy ion collisions at RHIC and LHC, supporting the formation of deconfined quark matter and providing insights into hadronization dynamics.

Contribution

It presents new results on strange particle production in quark coalescence models at various collider energies, enhancing understanding of hadronization processes.

Findings

Successful reproduction of strange hadron ratios at RHIC and LHC

Support for deconfined quark matter formation

Insights into hadronization dynamics

Abstract

Quark coalescence models have been applied successfully to reproduce measured hadron production data in relativistic heavy ion collisions at SPS and RHIC energies, which finding strongly supports the formation of deconfined quark matter in these collisions. The investigation of meson and baryon production is an ideal tool to understand dynamical details of hadronization, especially strange hadron numbers and ratios. We display latest results on the production of strange particles in quark coalescence processes in heavy ion collisions at different collider energies.